Italy | War History

Explaining The Second World War Through 13 Hilarious Memes

Despite the fact that the Second World War was one of the most tragic events in human history, it has somehow turned into one big…

Canadian Prime Minister Apologizes For Italian Canadian Internment

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On the 27th of May, 2021, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made a formal apology to Italian Canadians for their internment during WWII after Canada…

This Man Sent a Threatening Letter to Hitler in 1941 – He Died in a Concentration Camp

In March 1941, The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was in a dire position. Hitler was insisting that the country join the Tripartite Pact, as it served…

Italy Recovers Three Paintings Seized By Nazis in World War II

Three 15th century paintings which were seized during World War II from an Italian-Luxembourg noble family have been recovered by the Italian authorities. The paintings…

Top 10 RAF Fighter Aces of WWII

Here are the top ten Royal Airforce fighter aces of World War II 10 – Adolph Gysbert Malan Often called Sailor Malan and hailing from…

Orde Wingate: Eccentric, Daring & Unconventional Fighter against the Japanese

Orde Wingate was a British officer who served in colonial territories and World War II, reaching the rank of Major General before his death on…

Italian Pigs – La Decima – Manned Torpedoes And Kamikaze Style Speedboat Attacks

Under the rule of Benito Mussolini, an Italian frogman unit called La Decima was created. This special unit consisted of men capable of the most…

‘A job to do’ – Army veteran discusses WWII service in North Africa and Italy

By Jeremy P. Amick When Forest Clark began working at the former Tweedie Footwear Corporation in Jefferson City, Mo., in December 1941, the United States’…

Devoted until the end. The body of an Italian pilot who died in World War II, found on an airplane

A group of Italian amateur researchers has unearthed the remains of an Italian World War II pilot who died in a dogfight with U.S. pilots…

MIA: No man left behind? Two B-24 crash sites off the northern Italian Coast – By Bill Beigel

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Two crews from the 449th Bomb Group were lost 13 months apart; one in January of 1944; the other in February of 1945. Both went…

Remember Gino Bartali: Italian Star Cyclist Who Helped Jews during WWII

Gino Bartali was a famous Italian cyclist, a favorite of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini because of his winning the Tour de France on the…

Historians unearth skeletal remains of WWII British soldiers in Italy

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Amateur military historians have recently unearthed the skeletal remains of two British soldiers who were said to have been killed by the German forces following…