Evette Champion

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

Articles by Evette Champion:

BBC’s Newest Mini-Series, The Crimson Field, Airs in April

  The newest mini-series on BBC1, The Crimson Field, takes place during the First World War and focuses on three young women who are members…

90 Year Old Expatriate Must Return to the UK to Receive Pension

At 90 years old, a former intelligence officer from the Second World War must return to the UK from her home in Canada if she…

Complete Who is Who in the SS Being Auctioned Off

A detailed directory of every SS member, which was stolen by a British spy from Nazi officials, is going up for auction. The directory consists of…

Thinktank Will Display the Spitfire in a New Exhibit in April 2015

A new exhibition which will display the iconic Spitfire at the Birmingham’s Thinktank Museum has been granted an award of £155,000 grants. Visitors to the…

Bronze Age Forest and WWII Tank Traps Discovered

Due to the raging seas which ravaged the coastline of Wales, tank traps and Bronze Age forests have been revealed. Some of the more dramatic…

Treblinka The Transit Camp: Why Did 900,000 Go Missing?

  A group of forensic archaeologists have recently discovered some new evidence pointing to Treblinka, a Eastern Poland Nazi death camp where 900,000 people disappeared.…

Haunted Pub Captures Ghostly Figure of Royalist officer from the Civil War on Surveillance

A ghostly figure was caught on film on Valentine’s Day at the Ye Olde Man and Scythe in Bolton, which is one of the oldest…

Public Offenders Could be Selected to Restore Surrey’s Monuments

Public offenders could be made to help clean up Redhill’s war memorial before the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the First World War. The…

Woman Sues University of Oklahoma over Stolen Artwork

Leone Meyer, a French woman, recently filed a lawsuit against the University Of Oklahoma (OU) in an attempt to recover a 128 year old piece…

Paravene, a Unique underwater mine-sweeping WWII Weapon, Found in East Mayo

The paravene, an underwater mine-sweeping device that was used in the Second World War by the British Army, has washed on the shores of Lake…

Unexploded Bomb off the Coast of Crow Point Beach

The Royals Navy was asked to take care of an unexploded bomb from the Second World War that has washed up on the beach of…

Naval Veterans From USS Duxbury Meet after 70 Years

As the anticipated WWII film, The Monuments Men opened, another drama from the Second World War unfolded in Shoreline. Harry Goin was a tough kid…