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Medals of WWII Dambusters Hero Richard Trevor-Roper Set to Go Under the Gavel for £60k

The medals of Dambusters hero Richard Trevor-Roper are set to go under the gavel this coming March after his family found them stored inside a…

WWII Commando Unit Devil’s Brigade Awarded Congressional Gold Medal

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ls4CsWgLEGU The US Congress awarded the Congressional Gold Medal – the highest civilian award – to the surviving members of the WWII commando unit Devil’s…

Ten Disturbing War History Urban Legends

There’s a grain of truth in every urban legend and with that said, here are ten disturbing urban legends that rose up throughout the history…

WWII Stories: The Nazis’ Dolls

Accordingly, German dictator Adolf Hitler allowed the making of sex dolls for his massive Nazi army during the Second World War to combat syphilis [he…

6 Great Guns in the History of US Army

Images Used (Clockwise from top Left): (1) A Beretta M9 (2) US Marines on board the USS Blue Ridge and training with Beretta M9 pistols…

Crafty Gadgets and Famous Spies of WWII

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James Bond truly isn’t the only legendary spy out there. The Imperial War Museum of London proudly displays the gadgets used by famous spies during…

German Pensioner, 93, Under Investigation Over Claims of Being a Belsen SS Guard in WWII

A 93-year-old female German pensioner is under investigation over claims that she worked as a SS guard in the notorious Nazi camps Bergen-Belsen and Gross-Rosen during…

World War Two B-29 pilot tells his story to US Marines

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B-29 pilot

A 92 year old World War Two B-29 pilot has visited US Marines at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego to tell them his story and…

5 Deadliest American Weapons of War from WWII

  Images Used (Clockwise from top left): (1) Japanese aircraft pilot Kiyoshi Ogawa who died at the age of 22 year old when his aircraft…

‘Army of occupation’ Army veteran shares story of service in the Pacific during WWII

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By Jeremy P. Ämick Growing up on a farm in Taos, Mo., Norbert Bernskoetter rarely traveled any farther from home than an occasional trip to…

Don Fida, The Only WWII’s Kwajalein Battle Survivor Fit to Attend Its 71st Anniversary

WWII vet Don Fida of Syracuse will be returning to the Japanese-controlled Kwajalein atoll, an island which saw the bloody Kwajalein Battle during Second World War seven…

“Night Will Fall”: Powerful Holocaust Documentary Aired in HBO

  Night Will Fall, a new and gripping documentary on the Holocaust which features raw footage, the ones taken by combat and newsreel cameramen during the…