WWII | War History

B-17 Bomber Wing Panel as a Memorial to Forgotten WWII Vets

Mobile, Alabama – In a recent ceremony, retired Major George Cramer, part of the 384th Bombardment Group and flew 25 missions during WWII, added his…

Wartime Claim To Fame Divides the 2 Italian Towns of Nettuno and Anzio

Ian Harvey
Italian Towns

The American Third Infantry Division landed in Nettuno in Jan. 22, 1944, while other British and American troops headed for the nearby beaches in Anzio.…

Bermuda Was As Important to the Atlantic as Pearl Harbor Was To The Pacific

On January 25, 2014, the Royal Gazette brings the story of Luftwaffe. September 10, 1942, the US Army Air Corps Administration Building at Fort Bell…

Volunteer Body Hunters in Search of Russia’s WWII fallen

Russia’s volunteer body hunters — individuals who are willing to devout their time and effort to scouring previous WWII battlefields to look for the remains…

Heinrich Himmler’s Love Letters to Wife Bared after 7 Decades

SS commander Heinrich Himmler’s love letters addressed to his wife were revealed by Germany’s Die Welt newspaper for the first time Sunday. The collection let…

Libya: Italian War Cemetery in Tripoli Attacked, Guard Killed

Renewed attacks on the Italian War Cemetery in Tripoli, Libya last January 19 resulted to a casualty – that of the life of the cemetery’s…

Germany: Calendars Feature WWII Luftwaffe Head’s Cottage, Government Orders Recall

A Germany state government orders the halt and distribution of thousands of calendars after finding out that the charming cottage on the cover photo belonged…

Hungary: Jewish Leaders Charge Government of Belittling the Holocaust

Hungarian Jewish leaders demanded the resignation of one of Hungarian government’s key appointees last January 19; this certain person had compared the arrest and deportation of…

Europeans Who Lived Through WWII At Higher Risk Of Physical, Psychiatric Complications

Ian Harvey
Psychiatric Complications

Stated in Dr. Joachim K. Winter’s new study, are the possible physical, psychiatric and social complications one should be aware of and it also brings…

Top Ten Most Destructive Bombing Campaigns in WWII

WWII (1939-1945) saw various atrocious developments when it came to warfare set in a backdrop of mass destruction of humans due to their ethnicity, religious beliefs…

Germany: Debate Over the Exhibit of Guillotine from Nazi Era

Germany – A guillotine used during the Nazi era found stored in a warehouse of a Bavarian museum has generated a nationwide debate over whether…

Eric Lomax: The Real Railway Man

Ian Harvey

Eric Lomax and his wife Patti were standing by the gravestones of Eric’s comrades, who were killed by the Japanese as they built the Burma…