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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…

MI5 Feared Crop Circles, UFOs were the Works of the Nazis – WWII Documents

WWII documents which recently surfaced revealed that MI5 feared the crop circles were the works of the Nazis and tried for years deciphering them. They were…

The Lost Airfields of the Americans in the North Pacific

Scores of abandoned airfields and other military establishments sit atop small atolls littering the North Pacific Ocean. These edifices were built by the Americans and…

Top 10 Epic Tank Battles in History

Images Used (Clockwise from top left): (1) The Germans captured a British Mark IV tank in November 1917 during the WWI Battle of Cambrai  (2)…

How the seven dwarfs of Auschwitz fell under the spell of Dr Death

Ian Harvey

May 19, 1944 – When Perla Ovitz and her family were lifted off the train shortly after arriving in Auschwitz that fateful Friday; the SS…

Winston Churchill’s Wicked Sense of Humor: Eight Clever Remarks from the Old Chap

In lieu of the recent commemoration of Winston Churchill’s fiftieth death anniversary, let us look at another side of this great man’s personality – his…

Renato Levi: The Real Life James Bond of WWII

Meet a real James Bond from the WWII-era but instead of Agent 007’s famous line “I’m Bond. James Bond…”, this double agent introduces himself as “I’m Levi. Renato Levi”.…

BRITISH AND COMMONWEALTH WARSHIP CAMOUFLAGE of WWII – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes
WARSHIP

I’ve got to be honest and say I rarely turn down Seaforth naval books when they are offered to me. At first glance I had…

WWII Alabama Sites- Talladega County’s Empty Arsenals

Image used: WWII military ammo bunkers in Talladega County American culture was heavily influenced and changed by WWII and its aftermath. The scenario was no…

WWII Pillbox to be Converted to a Wildlife Haven

The Canal and Rivers Trust, along with a team of local volunteers, will be converting a WWII pillbox located on the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal banks…

10 Most Lethal Snipers of WWII

A sniper is a highly trained sharpshooter who hits the target from concealed positions and some distances. A sniper generally operates alone with a special…