Highly Decorated Ace Fighter Pilot, James Empey, Dies at 89.
November 21, 2013, James W. Empey died in his home at the age of 89. Empey was a fighter ace and served in two wars:…
Iruma: Japan’s Aviation Museum
Back in the 1930s was established Japan’s air force academy. Japan’s military installations were taken under the U.S. forces command after WWII and it was…
Down WWII History: Stalin’s Kamikaze Canines
If recent history saw suicide bombers, the WWII-bygone era once had Stalin’s kamikaze canines – dogs that were used as “living bombs” to destroy Nazi…
Holocaust survivor tells story of the horrors of Auschwitz
A Holocaust survivor shares the horrors that she has witnessed in Auschwitz almost 70 years after the outbreak of the Second World War. She said…
A Russian Journal: John Steinbeck and Robert Capa
Steinbeck and Capa embarked on a six week Soviet Union tour through the early stage of the Cold War era. During their short trip, they…
Nazi Assassin Heinrich Boere Dies Aged 92
Boere’s father was Dutch and grew up in the Netherlands; his mother was a German from Eschweiler, Germany. Heinrich moved to the Netherlands when he…
Museum on a mission to collect paintings of World War II bombers
A museum is on a mission to collect images of an aircraft from World War II painted by a local artist. The Sywell Aviation Museum…
Monuments Men: Saviours Of The Lost Arts
Corporal Lincoln Kirstein was the first men to enter the salt mine in Altaussee, Austria, after the unit that was there with him, managed to…
Two WWII Huts Discovered At Bletchley Park
The £8m restoration of the Bletchley Park has given archaeologist some new sites to keep them busy. The “glorified wooden sheds”, how the huts are…
Two of Bletchley Park’s Primal Buildings Discovered
Two of the archetypal buildings of Bletchley Park, Britain’s intelligence hub during the Second World War, were discovered under a car park within the site.…