Evette Champion

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

Articles by Evette Champion:

Sometimes Living Was Worse Than Dying for Soldiers Who Survived the Front Lines

  A compassionate World War 1 nurse, Winifred Kenyon, did all she could for the many wounded soldiers she treated every day. For some, all…

Americans Died in WWII While Volunteering for the Royal Canadian Air Force; Finally Getting Recognition and Peace

Richard Fuller Patterson was 26 years old when he was shot down over Belgium 72 years ago. He was piloting the Spitfire in 1941 and…

Ex-Nazi Responsible for 1943 Murders Is Finally Convicted by Italian Courts

Ex-corporal for the Nazi party, Afred Stork is convicted for his involvement if the massacre of 117 Italian officers. On October 18th, the Italian military…

A Histororic Dakota C-47 lays in ruins due to deceit and misrepresentation

Seth Washburne from Dallas, Texas filed a law suit on October 14th, along with Thirsty 13th LLC. The suit claims that they were both cheated…

Birth Place of the Infamous WWI Double Agent, Mata Hari, is Burned to the Ground in Fire

Straits Times reports: Saturday evening, October 19, 2013, Leeuwarden’s mayor, Andries Ekhart reported that five homes and 3 shops were destroyed during a blaze. As…

Nazis Turn Their Soldiers into Addicted War Machines with the Use of Crystal Meth and Cocaine

Crystal Meth is not something that you would expect to see being used by infantrymen. It was Adolph Hitler’s belief that it was important to…

A Reflection: October 6, 1973 Marked the Beginning of the Yom Kippur War

  October 6, 1973 was the date in which Israel got a rude awakening. At 2 p.m., Syria crossed the Golan Heights and attacked Israel’s…

Two American Medics Helping Both Germans and Americans on Normandy’s D-Day

One would be lead to believe that a medic for a particular side would only tend to their comrades. This is not the case however.…

European Courts are Disgusted by Russia’s Handling of the Katyn Massacre

20,000 Polish war prisoners were slaughtered during the 1940 Katyn massacre. Russia kept important files a secret while the European Court of Human Rights were…

Yuri Levitan, The Voice of the War which Hitler hated above all others

“Attention, this is Moscow calling.” These words have been heard all over the airwaves in the Soviet Union. This voice belonged to Yuri Levitan, who…

WWII Radiation Poses a Threat to Future Housing Developments

The UK Nuclear Free Local Authorities (NFLA) reported that an unknown number of defunct World War II military bases may have high levels of radiation…

EmbaSSy Released on October 18 and Causes Controversy

EmbaSSy is a Polish film that came out on October 18th. The film may challenge Polish views toward the war and the amount of death…