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71 Years After WWII, Flight Sergent Is Finally Promoted to Flight Lieutenant

The SBS Flight Sergent Ken Wright should have been promoted to Flight Lieutenant; however, for a number of bureaucratic reasons–and he was shot down over…

Berlin Zoo Goes Head On with Dark Nazi Past

After over seven decades since the time Berlin Zoo forced its Jewish stockholders out, the institution decided to face its dark Nazi past head on…

Longtime photojournalist Fred Waters dies at 86

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Fred Waters was a longtime Associated Press photographer. Since 1952, he recorded historical events from the Korean and Vietnam wars to the construction of the…

Long-lost diary of top Nazi Alfred Rosenberg finally recovered and turned over to Holocaust museum

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Alfred Rosenberg was a Nazi before Adolf Hitler became one. He later on served as the Nazi’s interim leader. He is also a known author…

Carnage At The Crossroads – The Malmady Massacre Part 3 – Murder

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PROLOGUE:  This incident was considered to be the worst WAR CRIME committed against American soldiers in the western European Theatre of WWII.  Much has been written & published…

THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPLETE WORLD WAR II 1939-1945 – Review by Mark Barnes

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THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPLETE WORLD WAR II 1939-1945 The Coverage from the Battlefields to the Home Front With Access to 98,367 Articles Edited by…

Carnage At The Crossroads – The Malmady Massacre Part 1

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The Tragic Story Of Sgt. Cecil J. Cash By: Esther M. Ziock Carroll  PROLOGUE:  This incident was considered to be the worst WAR CRIME committed against American soldiers in the…

The Story Behind Four Letters (‘Nuts’)

In a quiet corner of the Freedom Train rests a mimeographed copy of one of America’s most famous messages. Its typically American text is composed…

Soviet pilot Kolesnikov’s WWII mystery mission in Perthshire is solved

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) A group photograph of Soviet pilot Kolesnikov with 10 other uniformed Soviet airmen during their mysterious 2nd world…

WWII gravestones in Normandy restored for 70th Anniversary of D-Day landings

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Preparations get underway as Normandy gears for the 70th anniversary of D-Day landings. Officials say that part of the preparation is the restoration of thousands…

STUKA ATTACK – Review by Mark Barnes

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STUKA ATTACK The Dive-bombing Assault on England During the Battle of Britain. By Andy Saunders Published by Grub Street ISBN: 978 1 90811 735 9…

Heinrich Boere, Former Nazi, Dies at 92 While Serving Time in Prison

The Haaretz reports: Heinrich Boere was once a member of a Nazi death squad who remained unpunished in Germany for many years post WWII. It…