Evette Champion

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

Articles by Evette Champion:

Mrs Denton Keeps a War Secret for 30 Years

Fox Atlanta shares the story of Mrs. Helen Denton of Fayetteville, Georgia. For over 50 years, Mrs. Denton kept a secret that played a pivotal…

Mein Kampf: Hitler’s Book Permanently Banned in Bavaria

The German State of Bavaria has abandoned all plans to reprint Mein Kampf after it the legal power to place a ban on Adolf Hitlers…

Turkish Students Accused of Promoting the Nazi Salute at Auschwitz

The Global Jewish News Source (JTA) reports that two tourists, students, were detained by guards on duty at the Auschwitz museum. Why? Allegedly the students…

African-American Soldiers Massacred in the Battle of the Bulge are Finally Recognized and Honored

America’s history is a bloody one. While it is known that the men and women who have given their lives to serve the country have…

The Lincoln Tank Memorial will Commemorate the 100th Anniversary of WWI

There is to be a life sized tribute of the very first military tank set in the center of the city where it was built.…

German U-Boat Wreckage Discovered Off the Coast of Kent

The BBC reports that the wreckage of a German World War One U-Boat is left marooned in a remote area of the mudflats off of…

A Bullet Lodged in Arnhem Veteran Body is Found After Death

Jack Mansell was a World War II Arnhem veteran who recently passed away. When workers in the funeral parlor cremated the body, they were surprised…

71 Years After WWII, Flight Sergent Is Finally Promoted to Flight Lieutenant

The SBS Flight Sergent Ken Wright should have been promoted to Flight Lieutenant; however, for a number of bureaucratic reasons–and he was shot down over…

Heinrich Boere, Former Nazi, Dies at 92 While Serving Time in Prison

The Haaretz reports: Heinrich Boere was once a member of a Nazi death squad who remained unpunished in Germany for many years post WWII. It…

Dutch Railway Museum Opposes a Monument to Utrecht Jewish Deportees

Times of Israel reports: A museum in Utrecht, The Dutch Railway Museum to be exact, is opposing a plan to erect a monument to pay…

Highly Decorated Ace Fighter Pilot, James Empey, Dies at 89.

November 21, 2013, James W. Empey died in his home at the age of 89. Empey was a fighter ace and served in two wars:…

101st Airborne Paratrooper Turned Writer: Herbert Eggie Tells His Story

Herbert Eggie and the 20 paratroopers under his command looked down through the open door of the plane as it soared above the drop zone…