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Exploration of Nazi tunnels believed to run under Oslo to use 3D Radar

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Rumored Nazi tunnels believed to run underneath the streets of the city of Oslo, Norway in a complicated network are hoped to be discovered. The…

Restoration of WWII Churchill tank gets underway

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The restoration of a tank used during the World War II under the leadership of Winston Churchill will get its full restoration next week when…

World War II bomb manuals reveal techniques used by Churchill’s ‘secret army’

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On first glance, they look like old calendars, diaries or fertilizer manuals. But as readers flip the pages, the manual provides crucial and comprehensive information…

Arnhem & Market Garden Battlefield tour report – By Mark Barnes

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By Mark Barnes for War History Online Want to take this tour too? Visit the Hells Highway Tours website! Arnhem: You can’t help yourself; you…

ESCAPE FROM DAVA0 – Coming this fall from the World War II Foundation

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Based on the book “Escape from Davao” by John D. Lukacs. Narrated by Dale Dye. April 4, 1943, ten American prisoners of war and two…

WWII Drama “The Imitation Game” Starts Filming with main Actors Cumberbatch, Knightley

A different Benedict Cumberbatch was seen in an equally different-looking King’s Cross station last October 20, Sunday. Second World War Drama   The 37-year-old English…

Nazi war criminal Priebke avoids being cremated and buried at sea like Bin Laden

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Priebke showed no remorse in the video recorded just before his death, he rather accused the resistance fighters…

Sir Frank Whittle’s jet engine blueprints drawn during WWII expected to fetch £ 30,000 at auction next month

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Sir Frank during WWII, seated at his desk with first British jet aircraft and first jet engine models…

WWII PoW Owned Rolex is to be Auctioned Off at an Estimated £30,000.

1942, Flight Lieutenant Gerald Imeson was held at the Stalag Luft III camp in Germany. Since he was in a German war camp, you would…

Americans Died in WWII While Volunteering for the Royal Canadian Air Force; Finally Getting Recognition and Peace

Richard Fuller Patterson was 26 years old when he was shot down over Belgium 72 years ago. He was piloting the Spitfire in 1941 and…

WWII German ace pilot Martin Drewes dies aged 94 in Brazil

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Drewes during WWII (2) In 2011, Martin Drewes in Hannover Aircraft Museum (3) A British Gloster Gladiator in…

Ex-Nazi Responsible for 1943 Murders Is Finally Convicted by Italian Courts

Ex-corporal for the Nazi party, Afred Stork is convicted for his involvement if the massacre of 117 Italian officers. On October 18th, the Italian military…