Evette Champion

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

Articles by Evette Champion:

Even Christmas Could Not Escape the Third Reich

The Daily Mail reports an exhibition in Ulm called “Decorated” was opened on December1st this year. It shows Christmas tree decorations through out the years.…

Robert Collie: One Man’s Will to Live – Surviving Both Ypres AND the Somme!

                  Robert Collie was a soldier during the First world War. He had survived the Somme and…

Flanders’ Field Sacred Soil Is Moved to London

The BBC Reports: Sacred Soil from 70 World War 1 battlefields across Belgium have finally arrived in London to be used in a memorial garden.…

Ministry of Defense Sells Brompton Station Where Winston Churchill Has Conducted Secret WWII Meetings

Sky News reports that the Brompton Road station has been sold to a billionaire from the Ukraine. The station was where Winston Churchill held many…

Researchers Discover Another Berlin Wall Victim

The count of people who perished while trying to cross over the Berlin Wall was known to be 137. Now, researchers believe there is another…

Long Lost Vietnam POW May Still be Alive According to Wife

David Hrdlicka lived in Minnesota and was a member of the United States Air Force. He went to St. John’s Preparatory School in Collegeville, Minnesota…

Timothy O’Sullivan: Civil War Photographer

Timothy O’Sullivan was born in 1840 and was a photographer. Born in Ireland, his parents emigrated to the United States  in 1842. O’Sullivan died of…

Traces of The Berlin Wall Still Remains and Serves as a Reminder

The Berlin Wall was the iconic symbol of separating the communist East Berlin from the Democratic West Berlin. The wall ran 160-kilometers and while the…

Stan Franks, a WWII Pilot, will Receive a Funeral Fit for A Veteran After Dying Alone in His Fobbing Home

By the age of 19, Stan Franks had completed 31 missions over Germany during the Second World War. At 88 years old, Stan Franks was…

WWII Vet Denied Grand Marshal Post for Parade

    Yahoo News Reports: World War II veteran, Albert “Dusty” Miller, 89 years old, has served as the grand marshal in the Royal British…

Oxford Civil War Defensive Structure May Impede the Plans for Flood Alleviation

Oxford’s Civil War history reveals there is a major project to refurbish the Oxpen area is underway. Council officers believe the remains of a defensive…

Walmart Donates Land to Virgina to Preserve Civil War Battlefield

According to the Hampton Roads: Walmart has donated 50 acres of battlefield to that state of Virginia. This ended a legal battle over a super-store…