Hitler, the Ghent Altarpiece and the Holy Grail
April 10, 1934 – the night in which one of the 12 panels of Jan van Eyck’s famous Adoration of the Mystic Lamb, more commonly known as…
Bastogne Remembers: 69th Anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge
Bastogne, a town in Belgium, holds a reenactment every year that simulates the Battle of the Bulge. This historic WWII battle was known as one…
Archeaologists Unearth Skeletal Remains from a Warsaw Ghetto
Times of Israel reports that Archaeologists in Warsaw found bits and pieces of human remains that were probably buried there during the Warsaw ghetto uprising.…
Mrs Denton Keeps a War Secret for 30 Years
Fox Atlanta shares the story of Mrs. Helen Denton of Fayetteville, Georgia. For over 50 years, Mrs. Denton kept a secret that played a pivotal…
Dutch Site Faces Legal Action for Selling Holocaust Victims’ Letters, Nazi Mementos
AMSTERDAM – A Dutch-based online selling site is auctioning off letters written by Holocaust victims while imprisoned in concentration camps. The seller, identified through the handle…
WWII and Holocaust are no joke: Committee protests against Kimmel’s anti-Polish ethnic putdowns
The Anti-Bigotry Committee of the Polish American Congress released an official letter in protest to the series of anti-Polish ethnic jokes which was used recently…
The successful design of Centurion Tank with upgrades for many decades
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) An MK3 Centurion Tank at Eastbourne, East Sussex on 12th January 2007 (2) An Israeli Centurion tank destroyed in…
RAAF Pilot Promoted To Flight Lieutenant after 70 years!
After he was shot down over Germany, Ken Wright had to spend three years in a prison camp, reason for which he never got the…
Filmmaker Klayman pays tribute to Soviet’s Night Witch in short film
Alison Klayman, one of the “20 Directors to Watch” by New York Times film critics, created “The Night Witch” to pay tribute to a World…
History of Tanks: Panzerjäger Tiger (P) Ferdinand or Elefant
When Ferdinand Porsche offered his designs for the Tiger II tank in 1939, it was deemed too unconventional. It was also considered too demanding to…
African-American Soldiers Massacred in the Battle of the Bulge are Finally Recognized and Honored
America’s history is a bloody one. While it is known that the men and women who have given their lives to serve the country have…
A Bullet Lodged in Arnhem Veteran Body is Found After Death
Jack Mansell was a World War II Arnhem veteran who recently passed away. When workers in the funeral parlor cremated the body, they were surprised…