Bailiwick of Guernsey WWII Memorial Gets Nod
A memorial commemorating the Allied airmen shot down in the Bailiwick of Guernsey during the Second World War was approved and could be built up…
Dutch commission identifies 139 likely Nazi-plundered artworks
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Famous Rijks National Museum, Netherlands is among the 162 museums participated in the 4 years long investigation by…
Gestapo Leader, Heinrich Mueller, May Be Buried In a Mass Grave in a Jewish Cemetery
Heinrich Mueller was the head of the Gestapo during the Second World War. He didn’t survive the war. To the surprise of the German media,…
Major General Patrick Kay- WWII Royal Marine and a pioneer of amphibious commando warfare
Photo story (From left to right): (1) WWII Royal Marine Major General Partick Kay (2) British Commandos at Sword Beach area at approximately 8.40 am…
68 Year Old Telegram Finally Returns to The Deceased Next of Kin
October 28, 2013, Portland Police Officer, Matt McDonald, delivered a telegram to John Griffin, the dean of students and a former history teacher. In the…
History Repeats Doesn’t Always Repeat Itself: The Sad Thorne Brothers Story from WW1
The Thorne brothers, Marlborough and Cornelius, were both officers for the East Surrey Regiment. They served in the trenches of Fricourt in the Northern parts…
Walter Morris Was the Sergeant of the First All-Black Parachute Battalion.
Walter Morris was one of the first black paratroopers during WWII. As an original member of an all-black 555th Parachute Infantry Company. The…
Convertible in immortal Casablanca finale expected to be auctioned at $500,000
The 1940 Buick Phaeton which could be seen in the background in Casablanca’s immortal finale is going to be auctioned in New York this…
New Churchill Bust Inside US Capitol Unveiled
“Winston Spencer Churchill was the best friend the United States ever had.” This was House Speaker John Boehner’s statement in the unveiling of the new…
Germany: WWII Vintage Bomb Uncovered in Frankfurt’s Railway
Frankfurt, Germany’s rail travel was disturbed for two hours last October 19 when a WWII vintage bomb was discovered near one of the rail lines…
WWII Pillboxes out in the Northumbrian wastes.
OK! Who dunnit????? Stand up that man! I wandered lonely as a cloud that wanders over vale and hill. When all at once I…
Generous Donation Made “Ohi” Day Celebration in Greece Possible
October 28 is an important day in Greece’s calendar – it is the day when then Greek Prime Minister Ioannis Metaxas (in power from 1936-1941)…