WWII | War History

Backlash Against Christian Ministry for Using Hitler Quote

A christian ministry faced backlash from the public after putting up a billboard with a quote from Hitler recently.

“When Hitler Was Our Neighbor” – Jewish Author Writes His Memories about the Notorious Dictator

Edgar Feuchtwanger can still vividly recall how the notorious German dictator used to be their neighbor and how he nearly bumped into him as a…

WWII Stories: When Enemies Become Friends

    When a friendship forms between two WWII soldiers who were ‘enemies’ – fighting in opposing sides – during the Second World War… When French…

First World War POWs: Forgotten Victims

 Britian’s PoWs from the First World War suffered more atrocities than their Second World War brethren; however, their stories are not talked about, much less…

Controversy Surrounds Sobibor; the Unknown Ex-Death Camp in Poland

Authorities plan to construct a visitor’s center and other buildings in the epicenter of where 250,000 Jews were slaughtered in Sobibor, a former death camp…

When The USA Denied A Cry For Help To Save the Jewish Czech Children During WWII

 In April 2014, Bob Simon, a 60 Minutes correspondent shared a story of Sir Nicholas Winton—a stockbroker in London who is responsible for saving 669…

ARMOURED HUSSARS – Images of the Polish 1st Armoured Division 1939-47 – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

Here we have an eagerly awaited book that does not take much reviewing.  The author’s father Alexsander was a warrant officer who gave a life…

Goodbye, Bill Ash – Texan RCAF Pilot, WWII POW Escape Artist (1917-2014)

Bill Ash, the adventurous native Texan who was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) pilot during WWII and had attempted over a dozen of daring…

Remembering the Costly Battle of Monte Cassino

When the Allies decided to go offensive against the Axis powers in Italy’s Winter Line, the ensuing war – the Battle of Monte Cassino –…

Hitler’s Former Party HQ in Munich Set to Open as Nazi Museum

The former Nazi headquarters of the infamous German dictator Adolf Hitler in Munich is set to open as a Nazi Museum. It will be a…

WHIRLWIND – Westland’s Enigmatic Fighter – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

The Westland Whirlwind was designed in the late 1930s when the Air Ministry were looking for a cannon armed fighter to supplement the specification for…

CARIBBEAN VOLUNTEERS AT WAR – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

It was the Friday of another Longest Week and I was ploughing through the mud at the swampy finale to the War & Peace Show’s…