WWII | War History

FROZEN – Expedition Combs through Greenland’s Ice for Missing WWII Servicemen

Cumming, Georgia – Edwin Richardson sees a glimmer of hope in finding his long-lost father, a WWII serviceman who kind of “faded from his life”…

What Would the World be Like if Germany Won WWI?

The Mail and Guardian asks a question that historians have asked for nearly a century: “What if things turned out differently?” EH Carr, a historian…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TED! D-Day Veteran Celebrates 90th Birthday

Happy Birthday, Ted! 21-year-old Ted Young was one of the throngs of soldiers who became part of the D-Day Landings on Normandy Beach, France. He…

Remembering Two WWII Plane Crashes; One Almost Wiped Out Whole Village

A service marking the 70th year anniversary of a Lancaster bomber’s crash, a remarkable WWII plane, during the height of the war was done last…

Artist Blames Spell-Checker for Misspellings in Norway WWII Monument

Oslo, Norway – The designer of a Norway WWII monument in honor of the country’s resistance fighters blamed the misspellings contained in the said memorial to…

WWII Polish Leader Wladyslaw Sikorski’s Death Void of Foul Play – Inquest

Warsaw, Poland – A five-year Polish investigation into the unexpected death of WWII Polish leader Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorski in 1943 through a plane crash yielded no evidences…

WWII Collectors, Now You Can Create Your Own Enigma Machine

CNet.com shares information on how you can create your own Enigma Crypto-machine written by ST-Geotronics. If you are a WWII buff, you know what an…

“Death Railway”: British POW Recalls Burma Railway Story

Aside from the classic British-American film in 1957, Bridge on the River Kwai, the struggles prisoners of war endured in Burma and the making of the “death…

Movie Shows Hitler as Evil Kung Fu Master

Hitler…a Kung Fu master? Well, everything is possible and this upcoming movie attests to that. The feared German dictator during the Second World War will…

Former Head of M15 – “My Mother’s Pigeons Saved Lives in WWII”

Dame Eliza Manningham Buller, who became head of M15 from 2002 to 2007, is set to tell the story of how her mother trained pigeons…

WWII B-17 Pilot Signs Historic Wing

Ian Harvey

In 1943, Harvey went into a boots shop to find out what deposit he had to pay for a new pair. After the bootmaker’s shop…