Evette Champion

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

Articles by Evette Champion:

Hopeful Nephew Believes Uncle’s Remains will be Found, 70 years Later.

Graham Hill, the nephew of Sergeant Roland Hill, holds on to the hopes that the remains of his uncle will be found—70 years after death.…

There has been an appeal made to locate the relatives of the Lancaster bomber crew

There has been an appeal made to locate the relatives of the Lancaster bomber crew who died when their aircraft crashed in Lincolnshire during the…

Silver Bullion Recovered from the SS Gairsoppa to be Made into the Britannia Coin

In Llantrisant, the Royal Mint is striking a set of silver coins from recently discovered bullion from a merchant ship which was sunken during the…

Tschirschky Claimed He Held Papers that could have Changed History

There have been documents recently declassified that shed new light on the testimony given by a pre-WWII diplomat from Germany who claimed, in a single…

Preserving Japan’s Brothels from WWII

China is in the process of taking steps to protect buildings that were once used by Japan’s Imperial Army as brothels used exclusively by the…

Commemorating Gliders Past and Present

Soldiers from the past and present gather together in Essex to commemorate the anniversary of the largest airborne operation during the Second World War. Operation…

The Football Association Remembers Their Fallen Brothers

March 19th was the beginning of a wonderful weekend for football. 42 goals were scored in the Premier League and the tension was thick in…

Britain Identifies the Remains of 10 Missing Soldiers

Britain has recently identified the remains of 10 British soldiers from the First World War. The remains were found in northern France five years ago,…

Thieves Steal WWII Medals from A Funeral

A heartless thief snatched a box of precious and irreplaceable war medals and sentimental keepsakes from the vehicle of a RAF veteran who attended the…

Two Men Lead a Petition to Keep WWI Memorial in its Location

PAT Wilson and Tony Mudge have decided to take a stand against the relocation of the Blackwood War Memorial in order to ease traffic congestion…

South Korea Returns Chinese Remains as an Act of Friendship

On March 17th, South Korea placed the remains of 437 Chinese soldiers who were killed during the Korean War between 1950 and 1953. Seoul’s defense…

Excavation of Treblinka Reveals True Horrors

For the first time ever, there have been archaeological excavations at the Nazi death camp, Treblinka. The excavation revealed undiscovered mass graves and it shows…