Hundreds Show Up for Funeral of Family-less WWII Veteran
33-year-old Sgt. Rick Clement was not related in anything to Harold Percival. He never even met the man, not even once. But still, he felt…
George Clooney’s “Monuments Men” Expected in Berlin Film Fest
Recently, Germany and the world witnessed the news about a treasure trove of priceless artworks stashed away in a dingy Munich flat hidden among piles…
Hundreds attended funeral of a British WWII veteran who died alone
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Harold Jellicoe Percival, the WWII veteran who died alone (2) Mohne Dam breached during Operation Chastise and pictured…
Son posts father’s World War II diary online
Veteran Charles F. wrote a diary during the second world war which is now being published by his son. He served in North Africa and…
Rommel and Montgomery: The Fathers Fight, the Sons Make Peace
Bernard Montgomery was one of the British top Generals during WWII — commander of the Eight Army known as the Desert Rats. Erwin Rommel was…
New York: Former Nazi Death Camp Guard Jakiw Palij, 91, ‘used to Jewish Protestors’
Jakiw Palij, 91, is a former Nazi concentration camp guard who was recruited by the German Army when Nazi occupied Poland. He has been a…
Major Dicky Day dies at 91 years old. Bore witness to one of the worst disasters of the 1942 Burma Campaign
Major “Dicky” Day bore witness to one of the worst disasters of the 1942 Burma Campaign. He saw the Sittang River Bridge be blown up…
WWII surveillance images of Gold beach sold for over £3,000 at auction
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Sophisticated technology was used by spitfire pilots to plot images of Gold beach; Mont Fleury was one of…
Members of the SAS Honor the Dead with Their Own Traditions
In the Vosges Mountains in eastern France, sits a memorial that reads “Stele SAS” or SAS Memorial. The memorial is secluded from the rest of…