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The Solitary Mountains that Saw Bonaparte’s Rise and the Axis Powers’ Fall

Riley Arthur, a National Geographic grantee, traveled to Slovenia to do a documentation on the Erased, about 200,000 non-ethnic Slovenian residents who were not automatically…

Dutch commission identifies 139 likely Nazi-plundered artworks

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Famous Rijks National Museum, Netherlands is among the 162 museums participated in the 4 years long investigation by…

Ex-Nazi Responsible for 1943 Murders Is Finally Convicted by Italian Courts

Ex-corporal for the Nazi party, Afred Stork is convicted for his involvement if the massacre of 117 Italian officers. On October 18th, the Italian military…

Was Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement policy best for Britain’s national interests?

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister of UK from May, 1937 to May, 1940 (2) Chamberlain speaking to interpreter…

New F-35 built in honor of WWII P-38 pilots

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Officials of Lockheed Martin unveiled their newly assembled F-35 Lightning II  at Fort Worth October 4 this year to honor the World War II veterans…

THE COMPLETE BLUE MAX – Review by Mark Barnes

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THE COMPLETE BLUE MAX A Chronological Record of the Holders of the Pour le Mérite, Prussia’s Highest Military Order from 1740 to 1918. By Kevin…

WWII Soldier Documented Own Life, Service Through the Lens

Eugene Donatelli, like most young American men at the onset of the Second World War, got to tour free around the world courtesy of Uncle…

Arizona Woman Hopes to Recover her Uncle’s Remains from WW2

A woman from Arizona believes that a discovery of the biggest lake in Italy could lead to the recovery of the remains of her uncle…

WWII Vet’s Smoking Habit Nearly Gets Him and Wife Kicked Out of Home

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Andy Nowicki and his wife, both 90 years old, have called their apartment in Newington, Connecticut their home. However, they were informed by their landlord…

Enigma Shrouding Canadian WWII Soldier’s Burial Solved after 70 Years

Morley Roney served Canada as a soldier for four and a half years during the Second World War. He spent some service time in Italy.…

George Lucas’ Red Tails: Is It Worth the Watch?

When Star Wars creator George Lucas started putting together Red Tails in 1988, he was met by countless block stops along the way. He ended up financing most…

All quiet on the Western front: Germans want to forget WWI

Berlin’s Historical Museum got the shockingly small collection of the World War I exhibits. After going through a lot of displays on the grand progress…