WWII | War History

THE MONUMENTS MEN – Film Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

Billed as an action comedy, this film has been fairly mullered by film reviewers for having not a lot of either going on in close…

Can You Help Solve This WWII Mystery?

Ian Harvey
WW2 Mystery

Chris Ward, author of Bomber Command, is calling on the Guardian readers who might have information regarding the death of the man, or who could…

Ileen Lois: The name on a ball turret that identified an entire B-17 crew

Ileen Lois. Those are the words that were painted on a World War Two B-17 bomber which was found at the bottom of a lake…

Croatia Investigates 90-year-old Man of War Crimes

Recently, authorities in Croatia have begun investigating a in his 90s of being guilty of committing war crimes. The man is believed to be an…

Author seeks help in solving mystery surrounding Morecambe Mustang Pilot killed in WWII Crash on Dutch Island of Texel

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An author and historian is asking the public for information regarding a man from Morecambe who was killed during the Second World War. Bomber Command…

Japan Close To Making Nuclear Bombs In WWII

Ian Harvey
Nuclear Bombs

The fact that Japan insists in developing nuclear weapons seems to bring back memories of quite similar plans during the Second World War. All the…

WAVE 3 Story Helped Get Priceless WWII Medals Back Home

Louisville, Kentucky; February 8, 2014 – The story about the collection of priceless WWII medals found in a storage unit let out by WAVE 3…

Australia: Woman Hopes to Return Japanese WWII POW’s Paintings to Family

Australian comes out with the paintings made by a Japanese WWII POW hoping that publicizing the story will help locate his family and return the…

Happy 90th Birthday, WWII Vet Calvin Pascetta! (Navy Sailor Who Served in Three Wars)

WWII Vet Calvin Pascetta led an extraordinary life as a Navy sailor – he fought in three wars and survived them all. He recently celebrated…

Black History Month: African-American Soldiers and the ‘Double V’ Campaign in WWII

In honor of Black History Month or the African-American Month as it is known in the US (celebrated February in Canada and United States; October…

TVRain in Danger of Being Shut Down Due to an Offensive Poll on Leningrad

 The television station posed a question to their viewers, “Would it have made sense to give up Leningrad to save hundreds of thousands of lives?”,…

Germany: SDKFZ-10 Dug Up in Euskirchen Station

Another WWII relic is added to the countless others which seemed to litter through Germany’s landscape. This time, a SDKFZ-10 was dug up in a…