New Holocaust Memorial in Amsterdam
After batting the location of a proposed Holocaust Memorial around for the past two years, the authorities in Amsterdam have finally put a peg in the…
Remains of TBM-1C Avenger Torpedo Bomber found near Palau
An American aircraft, a TBM-1C Avenger, missing since July 1944 was recently located in the waters surrounding the Pacific Island nation of Palau by Project…
“My heart refused such sinister grandeurs” – the fall of the last Napoleon
It was a turbulent time in Europe. The year was 1870, and the Kingdom of Prussia held the reins of power. Prussia’s king, Wilhelm, was…
10 Interesting Facts About Richard Nixon
President Richard Nixon; a quaker, a U.S. Navy vet, a politician, a President and the man at the heart of the notorious Watergate scandal. Nixon was the…
WWI Battle of Verdun: The Battle That Was Never ‘Won’
The president of France, Francois Holland, joined German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the re-opening ceremony of the recently renovated museum that stands on the site…
Japanese Fire Balloons and the Tragic Tale of the Last WWII Casualties on US Soil
The Revolutionary and the Civil War tore North America apart, but the World Wars and most subsequent conflicts have been largely fought beyond its borders –…
The Murky Fate Of Gestapo Chief And Nazi War Criminal Heinrich Müller
A veil of mystery follows the name “Heinrich Muller” since his disappearance in 1945, after the fall of Berlin. Mueller was the head of Gestapo…
12 Ways the British Army Adapted to Fighting in the Americas
Fighting in the Americas was the great challenge facing the 18th-century British army. Whether confronted with French, Spanish, native or colonial troops, they had to…
The Secrets Locked inside a Shipwrecked Trumpet
It doesn’t look like the sort of object that might contain historical secrets, locked away inside. In fact, it looks more like something you could find…
Three Outstanding Books That Encapsulate The Battleship Age – From Seaforth
I’ve got six books about the Battle of Jutland on the ‘to do’ pile and I have to admit there is no way I will…
Remembering Sir Nicholas Winton, British “Schindler” Who Rescued Hundreds of Children During the Holocaust
Hundreds of people who were rescued as children by a man described as “Britain’s Oskar Schindler” gathered together to attend a special service in honor…
Recollections and Experiences of a United States Troop Carrier Squadron Officer in Normandy
In memory of Col. Frank W. Hansley (1917-2003) Air power was a key component to the Allied victory in WWII. The mobility and maneuverability of…