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Being a WWII Historian WW2TV Show – October 12th

In 2016, in a Guardian article titled ‘Big Books by Blokes about Battles – Why is History Still Written Mainly By Men?”, Sir Antony Beevor…

Divers Believe They Have Located the WWII Wreck of the USS Grenadier

Ian Harvey

Divers working off the coast of Thailand have discovered the wreckage of a submarine they believe to be the USS Grenadier which was lost in…

Lawmakers Make Way for Army Hero to Receive Medal of Honor

Ian Harvey

Sergeant Alwyn Cashe gave his life in service to his country during the Iraq War in 2005. On October 17th of that year he was…

London Blue Plaque Memorial Unveiled for Churchill’s ‘Favourite Spy’

Ian Harvey

Polish national, Krystyna Skarbek, was said to have possessed a near pathological enjoyment of dangerous situations. Her reported actions during WWII certainly bear out such…

History Breakthrough: Discovery of Stolen Gold ‘hidden on last days of WW2’

Ian Harvey

An archaeologist using a metal detector discovered a buried stash of stolen gold coins from Nazi-era Germany. Experts believed the coins were buried near the…

Forrest Gump Author Dies at Age 77

Ian Harvey

Winston Groom, Army veteran and author, passed away on September 17 at the age of 77 years old. Groom is best known as the author…

Americans Lack Basic Knowledge of the Holocaust Study Finds

Ian Harvey

According to a survey commissioned by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), nearly two-thirds of young US adults are unaware that…

Modern Technology Reveals Secret of the Sinking of the Bismarck

Ian Harvey

The Bismarck was Germany’s “unsinkable” battleship which the Nazis used to wreak havoc on the British Royal Navy in World War II. Now, more than…

German WWII Warship Karlsruhe Discovered 80 Years After Controversial Sinking

Ian Harvey

German light cruiser, the Karlsruhe, has been identified on the seabed 13 nautical miles off Norway 80 years after she was sunk during the invasion.…

British-Canadian D-Day Veteran Who Took Surrender of Wehrmacht Giant Dead at 97

Ian Harvey

Corporal Eldon Bob Roberts was only 5ft 3in, but he stood tall in his army boots and was the second man to set foot on…

The US Navy’s Smallest Boat

Ian Harvey

Recently, photos have been passed around on social media of a US Navy ship that is so tiny in size that some are referring to…

Remains of Sailor Killed in Pearl Harbor Identified

Ian Harvey

A sailor killed on the USS Oklahoma when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, has been positively identified and his remains will…