WWII | War History

Aussie 7th Div. drives Japanese into Borneo Jungle, welcomed by head hunting Dayak Tribes – by Hans Wiesman

By 1944, Nippon’s Imperial Navy was desperately fighting to stop the Allied Naval Forces in their island hopping swarming about to the North. The Indonesian…

The daring SAS raid that destroyed 37 enemy airplanes and cemented the reputation of the SAS

Get to know the story of the brave and daring five-men SAS raid deep into German General Erwin Rommel’s territory in North Africa that convinced…

Bringing history to light – Jersey War Tunnels part of the heaviest fortified island of WWII

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The physical traces of the Channel Island of Jersey’s wartime occupation remain like battle scars on the landscape; concrete defences, bunkers, fortifications and tunnels. What…

A Chaplain at Belsen: Unseen Photos of ‘Hell on Earth’ by Tom Marshall

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The temporary sign erected by the British shortly after the camp was liberated. The images contained in this article may be shocking, but are included…

Russia’s Night Witches: As Deadly as Men

Lyuba Vinogradova brings to light the amazing story behind Russia’s Night Witches — the first and only all-women aviation corps in the world which came…

Tinian Island: Bombs and Bunkers! By Devon Pike

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We  took a trip back to Saipan and then on to the nearby island of Tinian from which the US operated the busiest airfield of…

Japanese University Opens “Taboo” Exhibit: The Dissection Experiments of US POWs During WWII

 A museum of a Japanese university recently opened up what is considered a “taboo” exhibit in the country — a display of the shocking live…

MIA: No man left behind? Two B-24 crash sites off the northern Italian Coast – By Bill Beigel

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Two crews from the 449th Bomb Group were lost 13 months apart; one in January of 1944; the other in February of 1945. Both went…

Japanese historians challenge US publishers on the subject of ‘Comfort Women’

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A group of historians from Japan is challenging the depiction, in US history textbooks, of women trafficked to Japanese military brothels during World War II.…

Locating the crash site of Lancaster HK663, 195 Sqn – By Joop Hendrix Planehunters Recovery Team

Lancaster HK663 with it’s crew Until may 2014 the crash location of Lancaster HK 663 from 195 Sqn was not known, but in most literature “Holland” was…

Piggyback Hero – by Ralph Kinney Bennett

In 2003 they laid the remains of Glenn Rojohn to rest in the Peace Lutheran Cemetery in the little town of Greenock, Pa., just southeast of…

Japanese PM Latest Leader to Turn Down Putin Invite for WWII Victory Day Commemorations

Japanese PM Shinzo Abe officially turned down Putin’s invitation to commemorate WWII Victory Day in Moscow this coming May 9 making him the latest in…