WWII and Monopoly, how it helped captured Airmen escape!
The board game called Monopoly had really come a long way since it was first mass-produced in America in 1934. The game is basically…
One Russian man who may have saved the world 30 years ago
Photo Story: Former Soviet Colonel Stanislav Petrov sits at home on March 19, 2004 in Moscow, Russia. Photo courtesy- huffingtonpost Thirty years ago, on September…
Visiting veterans storm the gates of closed war memorials
Photo Story: A group of veterans from Mississippi make it inside the World War II Memorial, despite Shutdown & barricades On Tuesday morning a group…
D-Day Dummy found in a Garden Shed
One woman was going and cleaning through her grandparents’ belongings in a garden shed when she chanced upon a rare find – a parachute…
Female “Computers” – Women Power in World War II
Would you believe even back during World War II, computers exist? FEMALE COMPUTERS AT THAT. They were WWII’s top-secret. After 70 years, their story…
US Gov’t. Shutdown Could Affect WWII Vets’ Memorial
On the occasion that the US government does shut down, the National Park Service are going to put up barricades around the National Malls’…
Military Ranks of the Luftwaffe (1935–45)
Rank Insignia Luftwaffe insignia Luftwaffe rank Approximate US/UK equivalent during World War II Shoulder Collar Sleeve, Flight suit General officer ranks Reichsmarschall No Equivalent Generalfeldmarschall…
World War II Vet Lives 100 years to Tell Pearl Harbor Tale in Vivid Detail
There are only a few souls who get to reach the golden 100 years of age. Fewer still are able to tell the tales of…
Battle of Normandy: Witnesses Relive D-Day Landings with Never-Been-Heard-Before Accounts
The aspiration of the Normandy Veterans’ Association (NVA), supported by The Independent and its many readers, is finally coming into realization. An appeal to create…