Evette Champion

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

Articles by Evette Champion:

Kamikaze Pilots May be Commemorated as Unesco World Heritage

Japan has the desire to immortalize their kamikaze pilots–these pilots were young men who intentional crashed their aircraft into Allied ships during the Second World…

Original WWI Posters Discovered in an Attic

A rare collection of nearly every original WWI recruitment posted has recently been discovered after the collection has been hidden away in an attic for…

Hundreds of Brothers Killed While Fighting in the First World War

If you ask any parent what is something they fear the most, they would say the loss of a child. The loss of a child…

Angelina Jolie’s Second Film, Unbroken, Set to be Released on Christmas

Angelina Jolie is has been working on her second feature film as a director with her project, Unbroken. A sneak peek has leaked online and…

Researchers Explore a Submarine that Sank 100 Years Ago

In June, one of the last time capsules from the First World War will be opened. Researchers drop a high definition camera into an Australian…

Tuskegee Airmen Proved to be a Very Valuable Asset During WWII

During the Second World War, it was rumored that the United States government was going to train black pilots to fight. These gentlemen believed that…

Lady Llewellyn: D-Day cipher officer picnicked with Churchill

Lady Llewellyn acted as a wartime cipher officer. She served at Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain and she later handled the Allies’ classified…

Paul Kruger School: A Safe Haven For Children

There is a Dutch school that survived the Nazi occupation during the Second World War. The school has halted their plan to create a memorial…

Aerofilms Is Tasked with Uploading 1.2 Million Photographs Online

Aerofilms launched in 1919 by the First World War veteran, Lewis Wills and Claude Grahame-White, a daredevil aviator. Aerofilms amassed an archive of images between…

Blue Water Navy Veterans Denied Benefits from Agent Orange Exposure

There are hundreds of thousands of Vietnam veterans who believe it to be fair that they receive some sort of workers compensation because of the…

Czech Pilot who fought in the Battle of Britain Passes Away at 95 Years Old

  In Prague, fighter pilot Miroslav Standera has passed away. Standera fled Czechoslovakia so that he could fight alongside the British and French air forces…

300 Veterans to Attend the 70 Year Anniversary of D-Day

There will be almost 300 veterans from the United States who participated in the Second World War D-Day landings, hoping to attend this ceremonies in…