John Evans: The England cricketer who escaped from two prisoner of war camps
In September 1914, only a month after war had been started, British cricketers put their bats and balls aside. A number of approximately 200 had…
Hitler’s Degenerate Art Exhibition reminiscences found in a flat in Munich. But why no love for the modernists?
This week, a stash of “degenerate” art has been found in an apartment in Munich. We raise up a hugely considered question. Why was there…
Crew of B-24 that crashed on village of Graveston finally gets a monument
The Garveston memorial team concluded that the crash occurred when 1st Lt. Raymond Sachtleben tried to avoid a midair collision. For decades after, nobody knew who…
WWII Hero Honored At Front Yard Flag Raising Ceremony
Dilts can consider himself quite a lucky guy. Surrounded by a loving companion, three daughters, five grandchildren and six great grandchildren, he enjoyed his celebration…
WWII Former Amtracker Lives to Tell the Story of 2,000 rescued POW
Pete Gleich was only 18 years old when he enlisted and 20 years old when the Los Banos Rescue marked his ‘day to remember’. 66…
The Quest: Six Decades of Searching for the MIA
It was on a warm spring in 2008 and on board of a huge barge in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, casually camouflaged in…
Ray Gelinne – Battle Of The Bulge
“Is hot that gun many times” says Ray Gelinne, now 98 years old, while unfolding his WWII life as an army soldier. During the early…
World War I Centenary – A United Europe?
The 1917 Battle of Passchendaele, otherwise known as the ‘Battle of Mud’became one of the most infamous battles during World War I. During the battles…
Declassified documents reveal female CIA officer secrets
Newly declassified interviews with female CIA officers have spoken about the sexism and other problems they faced working in the male-dominated agency during the sixties…
Closure for missing WWII soldier
A year before the end of the Second World War and it was becoming clear to Nazi Germany that they were losing the war. Hitler…
Photos of women in World War I uniforms baffle experts
Images of women in World War I uniform have been found, sparking a mystery of who the females are and why they were wearing the…
75th anniversary of Kristallnacht marked
The 75th anniversary of Kristallnacht, one of the most famous events in the history of Nazi Germany during which at least 90 Jewish people lost…