Jim Martin, a veteran 101st Airborne paratrooper tells his story, personally on Facebook
To celebrate the D-Day anniversary in Normandy, France, 93 year-old veteran paratrooper Jim Martin once again did a parachute jump over Normandy. Mr. Martin served…
Top 10 Epic Tank Battles in History
Images Used (Clockwise from top left): (1) The Germans captured a British Mark IV tank in November 1917 during the WWI Battle of Cambrai (2)…
African American Civil War contingent suffered unrivalled hardships
Over 100,000 African American troops formed part of the Union Army during the American Civil War from 1861-65. Most fought with the Unionists to put…
Holocaust memorial ‘stumbling stones’ may return to Munich
As part of the nationwide Holocaust memorial in Germany, a scheme was started in 1996 by a German artist who created a series of ‘stumbling…
US Cold War nuclear missile bunker up for sale
A Cold War era nuclear missile bunker in Roswell, New Mexico has been put up for sale. Jim Moore, the estate agent responsible for marketing…
Ghosts of Soviet bloc’s economy- images of deserted resort in GDR
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Pension Sachsenruh Hotel in Saxony in former East Germany now stands just as the ghosts of Soviet bloc’s…
Rudolf Hoess – Nazi mass murderer
Rudolf Hoess was one of the Nazi’s top SS commanders and commandant at Auschwitz concentration camp during World War Two. Today, his grandson has now…
Trunk Containing Uniform, Other Memorabilia of WWI Officer Found in School’s History Dept.
A trunk containing the personal things like uniforms and other memorabilia of a WWI officer was found recently in storage in a Hertfordshire school’s history…
STEEL THUNDER ON THE EASTERN FRONT – Review by Mark Barnes
We’ve seen a number of these superb photo archive books from StackpoleBooks of Pennsylvania beforeand this one is up to standard in every sense of…
How the seven dwarfs of Auschwitz fell under the spell of Dr Death
May 19, 1944 – When Perla Ovitz and her family were lifted off the train shortly after arriving in Auschwitz that fateful Friday; the SS…
The League of German Girls, BDM, the Nazi organisation for Girls – in Previously Unseen Pictures!
The League of German Girls, in German; Bund Deutscher Mädel, or BDM was the girls’ wing of the Nazi Party youth movement. It was…
Movie review: American Sniper
The movie American Sniper is based on the true life events of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle. American Sniper is directed by Clint Eastwood and the…