Brighton Pavilion During the First World War
Built in the late eighteenth century, Brighton Pavilion is a fairly lavish structure. While it may not be quite as ornamental, one would not be…
Salute to these Ten Heroic Women of WWI!
In line with the Great War’s 100th-year anniversary, let us take our hats off to these ten heroic women of WWI! These recondite figures –…
Effects of the Nomonhan Incident on WWII Japan
The Nomonhan Incident was the climax of rising tensions between Japan and the Soviet Union shortly before the beginning of the Second World War. The…
Journalistic Integrity Threatened by WWI Restrictions
It is not entirely surprising that a large number of WWI restrictions kept people operating in numerous career fields from working at full capacity. Given…
WWI Lords: How the Lord Brothers Fought in the Great War and Went Home Alive
The Lord brothers beat incalculable odds when all eight of them fought in the Great War and returned home alive in what could be WWI’s literal…
Goodbye, Edmund Purser, British WWII Hero Who Led First D-Day Landing Craft Ashore (1919-2014)
WWII veteran Edmund Purser, a British WWII hero who led the first landing craft ashore on Sword Beach during the D-Day Landings and was ‘mentioned…
WWII Veterans of the 449th Bomb Group Revisit the WWII Plane They Flew
25 WWII veterans of the 449th Bomb Crew were united once again after almost 30 years. Before the doors of the National Museum of the…
Soldier Who Found Hitler’s Hat dies
A man who discovered Hitler’s hat in 1945 has recently passed away. The man in question, Richard Marowitz, was eighty-eight years of age at the…
COMMANDO DESPATCH RIDER – Review by Phil Hodges
WW2 memoirs come thick and fast these days. There’s everything from the D-Day hero who parachuted into Normandy fighting his way through an enemy held town…
John Courtney Revealed as the First Australian Soldier to Die during WWI
When researchers recently discovered that the first Australian soldier to die in the Great War is John Courtney, this information snippet holds to change WWI…
The Great War Outbreak in Rare Footage
The Telegraph shares a rare vintage reel which captures the Great War outbreak. Starting with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand which occurred on June 1914…
Digging freedom’s well – Aviation veteran’s career spans nearly four decades, three wars
Like so many young men who have tried their hand at a higher education, Al Nichols made the decision to leave his studies at Lincoln…