Canada: Local Historians Uncover Victoria’s Secret WWI History
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada – A team of archeologists and local historians in Victoria in Vancouver Island sought to uncover the place’s WWI history which…
5 Facts About Surviving Second World War Veterans in Honor of Veterans Day
November 11 — as Britain and other countries celebrate Remembrance Day on this date, in memory of the end of the Great War, on the…
Perhaps the Last Remaining Participant of the Potsdam Conference
“Chunks of Hitler’s desk that we found in the Chancellery. Everything was in ruins. I’m not sure whether we should have taken souvenirs, but we…
D-Day vet parachutes into Normandy again, 70 years later
The first time that Scottish veteran, Jock Hutton, parachuted into Normandy was on D-Day at the age of 19, when he was with the 13th…
Discovered in the Atlantic: Two Second World War Vessels
The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has found the wrecks of a German U-Boat as well as a US Freighter, 30 miles off the…
German Panzer Relics Recovered in Europe
During World War II when Bulgaria joined the Axis powers in fighting the Soviet Union, they were given some 97 German Panzer IV tanks, about…
The Imperial War Museum Presents the First Flag of the AIF at Gallipoli
On April 25th, 1915, the Aussie Diggers of the 12th Battalion landed on the beaches of Anzac in the Gallipoli Peninsula as covering force for…
HMS Royal Oak
The HMS Royal Oak was one of five of the Royal Sovereign class battleships built at the HM Dockyard in Devonport laid down in January…
War Diaries of Indian Infantry Unit
The National Archives, Ministry of Justice, UK, recently released a set of previously unseen war diaries from the Indian infantry units. The diaries illustrate the…
The 10 Biggest Misconceptions About WW1
In 1914, tensions between the nations of Europe exploded into a war the likes of which the world had never seen. For four long years,…
The Poppies and the Great War: How these Flowers Became the Symbol of WWI
As Remembrance Sunday neared, poppies, the flowers that came to symbolize the fallen of the Great War, once again doted the lapels of many in…
REMEMBRANCE: Phil Hodges shares his emotions of witnessing events in London on Remembrance Sunday.
Early on Sunday morning as the sun rose high across the green British countryside myself and the family caught a train heading for London, tired and…