New French compensation fund for Holocaust victims
France has opened a new monetary compensation fund to compensate the members of the Jewish population who were deported from the country during World War Two…
Tiger Moths Took Part In Remembrance Sunday Commemorations
Three World War Two Tiger Moth aircraft took part in a flypast over southern England in honour of Armistice Day in the UK. The day…
Water-bound Coast Guard World War Two Veteran Tells His Story
A World War Two veteran who has spent the majority of his time on or in the water recalls his military service at the age…
The Amazing Achievement Of The Baltimore’s Shipyards: One Liberty Ship Every 42 Days!
Referred to as “an ugly duckling” by Time Magazine, the “Liberty Ship” was the name given to the EC2-type ship which was designed for emergency…
Top 11 Stupid Moves of Early World War 1 I THE GREAT WAR
In August 1915, the First World War was one-year-old and because we all love these lists, let us take a look at the biggest mistakes…
Britain’s Hero Bomb Disposal Expert – Dismantled 7 Consecutive Bombs To Clear Path For Wounded Soldiers
When a British soldier receives The George Cross decoration, you know he’s done something outstanding. This highly honored decoration was created in 1940 by King…
6 of the Most Outrageous but Genius Disguises in War History [Crazy But They Did Work!]
Arguably, the disguises mentioned in this article may be the most outrageous but believe it or not, they worked! The Fake Tree If you are…
3 Stories of Humanity and Compassion in WWII
Even during WWII, one of the largest and most deadly conflicts in recent history, there were moments of humanity and compassion. Here are three of these…
HOAX!! Mary Brown Was Chosen to Donate Her Hair to Become the Crosshairs on Norden Bombsights
Editor’s notice: this has been debunked as one of the urban myths of WWII Before the time of computers and lasers, or even radar, aerial…
Takes out 3 Machine Guns, Kills 20 and captures 50 Germans – So Brave Even The Enemy Patted Him on the Back
One might presume a nickname such as ‘Fats” was given as an insult, but when you find out a little bit more about the man…
Did You Know About The Heaviest US Tank of WWII? The T-28 SUPER Heavy tank!
The T28 tank was classed as a Super Heavy Tank and was an American vehicle. This was heavily-armored and had a self-propelled gun. This was…
Unbelievable – Son finds lost D-Day colour footage in father’s attic
The only known Allied colour footage of World War Two was uncovered in the attic of a Hollywood director by his son… When the warship…