Pigeon vs Telephone: Which Worked Best In The Trenches of WWI?
The British Army believed that wireless radio and telephones would be good enough to keep the leaders on the battlefield in touch with each other…
C-47 Dakota from WWII Returns to Site of D-Day
Whiskey 7, a Douglas C-47 transport plane from WWII, is being temporarily removed from the National Warplane Museum, set to once again unleash a storm…
German WWI Soldier’s Wallet Returning to Surviving Family
After almost a century, the wallet formerly belonging to German WWI soldier Herman Karl Ernst Musold will be returned to the surviving members of his…
British Jews In The First World War: Spirit Of The Maccabees
It was 1916 when Florence Oppenheimer was working as a hospital nurse in Cairo. Before that, she used to take care of wounded servicemen, on…
Luftwaffe Bombs Force Evacuation of the Red Arrows
At the Royal Air Force base in Scrampton, Lincolnshire, there was immense fear of an explosion after Luftwaffe bombs were discovered on site. The world-class…
Lawrence of Arabia’s Secret Camp Discovered in Jordan
Almost a full century following the desert expedition of Thomas Edward Lawrence, an officer of intelligence for Britain during WWI who came to be known…
Rüdiger Heim and His Nazi Father
Rüdiger Heim had not seen his father in several years, when was six years of age. Having traveled extensively since then, Heim landed in Egypt…
Remembering the Holocaust’s Oldest Survivor After Her Death
The survivor of the Holocaust (the oldest identified, in any case) passed away on February 23, 2014, at the age of 110. The death of…
Even the Germans Wonder if Hitler Can Be a Source for Comedy
TimurVermes, contemporary German author, has written a comedic novel about Hitler entitled Look Who’s Back. The comedy opens with the Führer awakening in modern Berlin…
MIA American Hero Forgotten During WWII is Now Returning to be Buried on American Soil
Lawrence Gordon, Private First Class in WWII, was forgotten for over fifty years after being buried near the site of his death in Normandy. Now,…
WWII Photograph is a Highly Honoured Addition to American History
A South Pacific photograph taken early on during the Second World War has received recognition as the most honored historical image in the history of…
A Look Back at the Army Air Corps
The United States Air Force came into being in 1947, two years after the end of World War II. Prior to that, WWII pilots flew…