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Nazi’s Planned to Use Mosquitoes Carrying Malaria as Weapons

There has been new research that would suggest that Nazi scientists wanted to use mosquitoes that carried malaria as weapons during the Second World War, News…

“Japan, Learn from Germany” – WWII Survivor

85-year-old Israeli-American sociologist, Ametai Etzioni, a child in Germany when the Nazis came into power, has this little advice to Japan – learn from Germany.…

French Reporter Locates the Heir of Orphaned Art from WWII

January 30, 2014, the New York Times reporter, Doreen Carvajal shared her story of trying to reconnect the fine art that was stolen by the…

Grand Slam Bomb Testing Site Exploration in New Forest

The search is on for the Grand Slam testing site, the bomb created by well known inventor Barnes Wallis during WWII known to be an…

WWII-Era Dambusters Squadron Fly Their Last Mission

January 30th, 2014, the Royal Air Force ran a story entitled “Final Flight of the Dambusters.” The RAF squadron was born for battle. The group…

Heinrich Himmler’s Personal Letters to be Published

Germany’s Die Welt wishes to publish Heinrich Himmler’s letters to his wife. Himmler’s letters to his wife were not just love letters, but they also…

THE DEFENCE AND FALL OF GREECE 1940-41 – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

We’re not done with January yet and my entirely non-existent book of the year chart already has a candidate in this enjoyable read from John…

Mengele’s Passport Is Discovered by a San Diego Historian

The New York Daily News ran a story of Craig Gottlieb, a historian and a frequent contributor to the television show “Pawn Stars”. The historian…

Field Marshal Montgomery Wanted Boy Scouts To Help Rehabilitate Germany From Nazism

Ian Harvey
Field Marshal Montgomery

The plan underlined many ideas of how the Allies would rebuild the German society after the Second World War, emphasizing the need for free press…

Should Russia Have Given Up Leningrad?

Should Russia have given up its stance on Leningrad in WWII? That seemingly simple question released a maelstrom of reactions in Russia just recently.   The end…

DVD Review: BURMA -The Forgotten Army by Phil Hodges

Phil Hodges

  Well, what a delight! I’m always one for history to be told as it actually happened to the masses by the masses and not…

‘Generation War’ Paint the Germans of WWII

The program, Generation War, is a five-hour long epic that wanted to bring the experiences of ordinary German soldiers on the Eastern Front during WWII.…