B-17 Flying Fortress drawn onto field in Suffolk
Commemorations of the World War Two B-17 Flying Fortress bomber have taken place in an unusual way in the English countryside. During the war hundreds…
Battle over Eisenhower Memorial
There is a battle being waged over the plans for a Washington memorial to President Dwight Eisenhower. Some of the delays are expected. Funding has…
A Letter Saved from the 1870 Siege in Paris
Australia’s national archive in Brisbane has come across a letter that was flown out of Paris by a balloon during the Prussian siege in the nineteenth…
Korean War “Walking General” Dean, Destroyed Enemy Tank & Escaped Capture For 36 Days – Then His Ordeal As POW Started
Early on after the start of the Korean War, it became clear that superior North Korean numbers and ill-prepared South Korea defenders would mean a…
3 Urban Legends of War That Are Actually True… And One That Is Not
Legends, stories, and anecdotes are woven through the quilt of veteran and civilian experiences of war. We gain new words from war slang, and the…
American dream – Conscripted by Germany during WWII, soldier later builds life in America
Under the Treaty of Versailles, several German provinces became property of Poland after World War I, leaving many families to cling to their German identity…
The Indian Army and the End of the Raj – Review by Chris Buckham
Intratheatre civil conflict, with its roots in religion, tribalism or ethnic differences, represents some of the most brutal and savage of conflicts. When initiated by…
Incredible Images Of The Abandoned Bunkers and Fortresses of the Maginot Line
The Maginot Line was a series of fortifications built by the French Government in the 1930s. It ran along the border with Germany and was…
World War Two Ex-serviceman Recalls the Dangers He Faced as a Tail-gunner in Bombing Raids on Germany
As time has passed and the 70th anniversary of the final year of the Second World War has been reached, most surviving servicemen are now…
How Hitler And Hirohito Lead Their People Off A Cliff During A Depression
For eight years of the 20th century, the Japanese were on a Crusade. Their progress was driven by an eidolon of the Japanese as a…
Woman Finds Diary Of Man She Loved In World War II Museum
Corporal Thomas “Cotton” Jones served as a marine for the United States military during World War II. Before he was killed by a Japanese sniper in…
Idolising the Enemy: 7 Englishmen Who Inspired Napoleon
For one of England’s greatest ever enemies, Napoleon Bonaparte was surprisingly fond of the English. Many of the great men who inspired him were English…