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D-Day Vets’ Last Battle: Raising Money for National Memorial

Even after WWII and the Normandy Landings, these D-Day vets still have a last campaign to fight for – raising the needed  £65,000 to have their…

Citizenship of Adolf Hitler revoked by German town after an outcry

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Adolf Hitler is photographed by his personal photographer Hugo Jaeger in upper Bavaria in the late 1930s (2)…

WWI German U-boat UB-122 emerges in Kent mudflats after 92 years

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) UB-122 emerges in Kent mudflats after the Recent storms and tidal changes (2) Postcard depicting the sinking of…

BRITISH MILITARY MEDALS – Review by Mark Barnes

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BRITISH MILITARY MEDALS A Guide for the Collector and Family Historian Second Edition Peter Duckers Pen & Sword Family History ISBN: 978 1 78303 016…

Soviet pilot Kolesnikov’s WWII mystery mission in Perthshire is solved

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) A group photograph of Soviet pilot Kolesnikov with 10 other uniformed Soviet airmen during their mysterious 2nd world…

WWII gravestones in Normandy restored for 70th Anniversary of D-Day landings

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Preparations get underway as Normandy gears for the 70th anniversary of D-Day landings. Officials say that part of the preparation is the restoration of thousands…

WWII German U-boat wreck with skeleton crew found off coast of Indonesia

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Wreckage of WWII Nazi U-boat U-168 found by Indonesian divers off the coast of Indonesia on 9th November…

WWII Motor Torpedo Boat being restored in Bridgwater by an enthusiast

Photo story (Clockwise from left): (1) Warship enthusiast, Paul Childs from Bridgwater in Somerset, his family and his organization are restoring a WWII motor torpedo…

Google criticized for unremarkable doodle on Armistice Day

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Google doodle on Armistice Day was criticized for being unremarkable (2) Bing was applauded for the remarkable redesign…

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…

B-17 Bomber Lands in Rowan County for A Tribute to Veterans

November 4, a large crowd had gathered at Rowan Airport to witness the historic “Aluminum Overcast” fly over the airport. To the people who were…

‘The men get 16 hours on the bayonet’ Camp Wheeler Georgia During WWII

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  Camp WheeleR, GA. – Basic infantry training has changed since the days when people still thought they were getting out in a year. It’s…