Evette Champion

Evette Champion is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE

Articles by Evette Champion:

70 Years Later, Fred Harris Finally Has a Pint with the Men He Saved

70 years has gone by but a World War II hero soldier is finally treated to a pint that he was promised when he saved…

Ileen Lois: The name on a ball turret that identified an entire B-17 crew

Ileen Lois. Those are the words that were painted on a World War Two B-17 bomber which was found at the bottom of a lake…

Croatia Investigates 90-year-old Man of War Crimes

Recently, authorities in Croatia have begun investigating a in his 90s of being guilty of committing war crimes. The man is believed to be an…

Veterans Earn Money to Visit National Arboretum in Staffordshire

The Specsavers Hearing Center on Claremont Street in Shrewsbury, served coffee and sweets to help reach its Help for Heroes goal over the course of…

TVRain in Danger of Being Shut Down Due to an Offensive Poll on Leningrad

 The television station posed a question to their viewers, “Would it have made sense to give up Leningrad to save hundreds of thousands of lives?”,…

Dr. Leveque Sheds Light On US War Veterans

First Sergeant Cory Remberg is one of the best (or worst?) examples of how America has betrayed some of the best troops who fought in…

Japan Submits Kamikaze Letters to be World Heritage Artifacts

The residents of a Japanese city have filed over 300 last letters sent by kamikaze pilots in UNESCO for the Memory of the World Register…

Monuments Men Saved Art During WWII

Men and women who were part of the Monuments Men during the Second World War had already established their careers as curators, museum administrators, conservationists,…

WWI Footage Released Showing Soldiers March Off To War

Amazing footage was recently released of WWI soldiers marching off to the trenches. The film was created by using several different clips that were filmed…

Swastika: Sign of Peace or Hatred?

In May of 2012 a mysterious swastika appeared in a field in Ontario. Google Maps captured the symbol at the location of 1600 Gainsborough Rd,…

Elite Cold War Soldiers Light-Weight Nuclear Weapons in Backpacks

News Track India reported on February 2nd that the US carried light weight nuclear weapons in their backpacks during the Cold War. The US and…

Gettysburg Foundation Plans to Reconstruct Cemetery Ridge

Stars and Strips ran a story on January 31, 2014 about the Gettysburg Foundation and their plans to restore Cemetery Ridge parking lot at Gettysburg…