Evette Champion

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

Articles by Evette Champion:

Country Music Stars are Veterans Too!

  When Memorial Day rolls around, the Americans honor their servicemen, veterans and the families that supported them. Among those who have served in the…

WWI Photos are Unbelievable

Usually when photos that were once long-lost become found and restored, they are generally bland and boring; however, a new series of images from the…

First World War POWs: Forgotten Victims

 Britian’s PoWs from the First World War suffered more atrocities than their Second World War brethren; however, their stories are not talked about, much less…

Controversy Surrounds Sobibor; the Unknown Ex-Death Camp in Poland

Authorities plan to construct a visitor’s center and other buildings in the epicenter of where 250,000 Jews were slaughtered in Sobibor, a former death camp…

When The USA Denied A Cry For Help To Save the Jewish Czech Children During WWII

 In April 2014, Bob Simon, a 60 Minutes correspondent shared a story of Sir Nicholas Winton—a stockbroker in London who is responsible for saving 669…

Mattie Gilloteau: Growing Up During WWII

This is the story of two children who lived through the Second World War; a young French girl, Mattie Gilloteau Sabol and a young German…

Photographs Uncover Another Side of WWI

Henry Charles Teitzel was a soldier who served with the 2nd Light Horse Brigade during the First World War. These personal photographs were taken during…

Unmanned Sub Exposes Biggest Secret of WWII

An unmanned submarine has been surveying two American ships that sank off of the coast of England during the Second World War. The sub has…

Greg Brooks: Salvaging WWII Treasure or Scamming Investors?

It is reported there may be $3 billion worth of platinum ingots resting on the bottom of the ocean floor, 50 miles off the north…

George Williams Finally Receives WWII Medals 64 Years Later

91 year old war hero, George Williams, has finally been awarded six bravery medals for his time in the Second World War. The medals were…

She never knew her father. He was shot and killed by German soldiers in Belgium

Lois O’Keefe visited the grave marker of her father for the first time since he passed away–seventy years ago. She never knew her father. He…

P-51 Mustang Fighter Plane Marks Entrance to Aviation Museum

  As a crane swung a P-51 Mustang fighter plane over the pole which will be its home, the crowd seemingly held its breath. Six…