Margo Wölk: What Life was Like as Hitler’s Food Taster
96-year-old Margo Wölk is the last of her kind — the last surviving food taster of the notorious German dictator, Adolf Hitler. And in those times…
Japan: Emperor Hirohito Warned US Attack in WWII Would be ‘Self-Destructive’
A new biography on Japanese Emperor Hirohito revealed that while he may have celebrated the Japanese Imperial Army’s victories during the Second World War, he…
Looking Back at Classic WWII Posters
Most may not be familiar with the images above, but for some, these classic WWII posters were the sight they always would see in between…
Reunion Held for Survivors of Great Escape
The “Great Escape” is one of the most well-known escape attempts of all time. Perpetuated by POWs detained in StalagLuft III during the Second World…
Germany: Mass Evacuation Imposed in the Discovery of Unexploded British WWII Bomb
Hanover, Germany – A mass evacuation for about 14,000 people – including residents from three nursing facilities – had to be carried out in the dead of…
‘Stolen’ WWII Plaque Returned to RAF Base
Correction: It has come to the attention of WHO that the writer mistook RAF Brize Norton for a man rather than a Royal Air Force…
Gasthaus zur Pommer, Hitler’s Birthplace, to be Converted Into a Museum Dedicated to His Crimes
The Austrian government is set to convert Gasthaus zur Pommer, the former pub where the notorious German dictator Adolf Hitler was born, into a ‘House…
Sinking of the SS Athenia
To many, the sinking of the SS Athenia was the event that formally ushered the British into the Second World War. As with many wars,…
Espionage – The Birth of the National Intelligence Agency
In Washington a landlubber Rear Admiral heads a new Government bureau which thinks it could have done a lot to prevent Pearl Harbor. Anyway, one…
The Battle of Raseiniai, 1941, where a single KV tank stopped an entire German Kampfgruppe
On June 22, 1941, Germany and the Axis powers commenced Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union along a 2,900 km front with a…
WWII Anniversary: The War’s Outbreak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH0A1H_3HB8 Commemorative ceremonies took place across Europe in remembrance of the 75th anniversary of the Second World War’s outbreak. See how the official “war’s outbreak”…
Missing NY Soldier Since WWII Named
The NY soldier reported missing in action since the Second World War has been identified and named as Army Pfc Bernard Gavrin. According to an…