Burma War Graves ‘Has Enormous Power To Engage’
Taukkyan War cemetery is located in Burma along the highway linking Rangoon. 6,426 soldiers of commonwealth who died in either of the two world wars…
Son posts father’s World War II diary online
Veteran Charles F. wrote a diary during the second world war which is now being published by his son. He served in North Africa and…
New York: Former Nazi Death Camp Guard Jakiw Palij, 91, ‘used to Jewish Protestors’
Jakiw Palij, 91, is a former Nazi concentration camp guard who was recruited by the German Army when Nazi occupied Poland. He has been a…
Cenotaph-to-be-restored-for-the-First-World-War-centenary
Next year, Britain will celebrate the 100th anniversary since the outbreak of the First World War. A lot of preparations for the memorial celebrations are…
eBay apologises for selling Holocaust memorabilia
some of the uniforms of the victim of Holocaust in Germany eBay is one of the world largest online auction site, that help buyers meet…
Stephen McGinty: First World War history in making
BBC has launched 2,500 hours of broadcasting about the First World War to change people perception about the war, but as Stephen McGinty writes…
A GOOD AGE: WW2 scrapbook leads to new discoveries
Deborah Campbell of Quincy recently learned about her late grandfather, Owen Conrad. He was a top-level American spy during World War Two. Another person…
In WW1, Alvin York Captured 132 German Soldiers Pretty Much Single Handed
Alvin York almost captured 132 German soldiers during WW1 using a rifle and pistol. The Germans had 32 machine guns together with rifles and pistols.…
WW1 worst mass injury event – research
A research that was done recently shows that many deaths experienced in New Zealand during the WW1 should have been significantly reduced if not…
Stanislaw Maczek, 102, General of Polish Armoured Division in WWII
General, Stanislaw Maczek of polish was a combat commander during the world war two died at his home in Edinburgh, at the age of 102.…
Gestapo chief who played a major role in the Holocaust was buried in the Jewish grave, claims historian.
Heinrich Mueller, also known as Gestapo Mueller to distinguish him from another general who they shared the same name, was the chief of Gestapo.…
The chilling abadoned hospital that nursed Hitler back to health after he was shot in a battle.
Beelitz-Heilstatten in Brandenburg, Germany was a location of large complex hospital consisting of about 60 buildings which was designed by Heino Schimieden in 1898…