WWII | War History

US Returns Auschwitz-Birkenau Camp Wooden Barracks to Poland

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The US Holocaust Memorial Museum is giving back an Auschwitz-Birkenau Camp wooden barracks to the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Poland after being part of the former’s…

Remembering Ferguson Smith, WWII Hero Turned Cold War Spy Catcher

Surprised was the least of words to describe how the London suburb neighborhood Ferguson Smith, full name Ferguson George Donaldson Smith but was mostly known through…

Oldest Living Medal of Honor Recipient Died at 96

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96-year-old Nicholas Oresko, oldest living recipient of the Medal of Honor, passed away at the Englewood Hospital and Medical Center last October 4, Friday. The World…

Wargaming donate £75,00 to the Dornier bomber restoration project

The severely damaged German Dornier Do17 Bomber, recovered last June, will soon get a major makeover, thanks to the collaboration of game developer Wargaming and…

WWII Soldier Documented Own Life, Service Through the Lens

Eugene Donatelli, like most young American men at the onset of the Second World War, got to tour free around the world courtesy of Uncle…

Jewish Bernard Warshaw Recalls WWII Memories From The Citadel to Dachau Concentration Camp

Bernard Warshaw, a son of a Jewish small town businessman, had dreamed of going to The Citadel, a military college in South Carolina. He had…

Arizona Woman Hopes to Recover her Uncle’s Remains from WW2

A woman from Arizona believes that a discovery of the biggest lake in Italy could lead to the recovery of the remains of her uncle…

German Publisher Plans to Halt ‘Der Landser’

Bauer Media Group, a German magazine publisher of Life & Style, In Touch, and other popular publications, has announced its plans to discontinue the publication…

WWII Vet Publishes His Second World War Memoirs

Gordon Huntington was in his 20s when World War II broke out. He worked as a signalman for the British Navy when he was captured…

Re-enactors Depict World War II, Ammo Demo in DeRidder

Wings and Wheels Fly-In/Cruise-In visitors will be treated to a ‘time travel’ exactly in the middle of World War II! A number of groups from…

WWII Vets Defy Government Bar on their Memorial Site Despite Threats of Arrest

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Considering that the government shutdown prohibits the access to museums, parks, memorials and monuments in and around Toledo, the World War II veterans are considered…

Spies who weren’t even humans- The most highly trained ones by CIA

Photo story:  The I.Q. Zoo’s chicken tick-tack-toe booth, Breland (with a trained otter) founder of I.Q. Zoo, a dolphin in training to carry Navy equipment…