Black WWI Hero Henry Johnson, A Step Closer to Being Awarded the Medal of Honor
Almost a hundred years from the time he single-handedly battled German enemies to save a fellow serviceman all the while sustaining serious wounds, the black WWI soldier…
Royal Mint Remembers WWI Nurse Edith Cavell Through £5 Coin
The Royal Mint honors Edith Cavell, the British nurse executed by the Germans during the Great War for helping Allied soldiers escape to the Netherlands, through…
Louis Zamperini: The Real Man Behind Hollywood’s ‘Unbroken’
Louis Zamperini – the Second World War hero behind Angelina Jolie’s Unbroken. Louis Zamperini had been a rebel who rose to become an Olympian. He was…
Canadian Flight Sergeant Receives German Burial
A flight sergeant from Canada who died in battle during the Second World War is finally to receive a proper burial. Although it has been…
Bart Vanderveen Award for 2014 goes to John Blackman
After the Battle is pleased to announce that John Blackman has been nominated for the Bart Vanderveen Award for 2014 which was presented to him…
4 Group Bomber Command – Review by Mark Barnes
Profuse apologies to Chris Ward, I have been sitting on this one for a while and it is the arrival of his next book that…
College Exams Show Poor WWII Education
Analysis of numerous responses to college exams have shown that many students may be lacking when it comes to a working knowledge of the Second…
Wall Street and the First World War
Due to the centenary, many previously unsung heroes of WWI have had their stories revealed. Among these stories is that of Wall Street, which helped…
Doolittle Raider Takes to Skies Again!
This past Independence Day, a Doolittle Raider was given another chance to take to the skies in a C-47 known as the Texas Zephyr. Though…
Trailer for ‘Unbroken’, Angelina Jolie’s WWII Film, Released
Angelina Jolie’s WWII war film Unbrokenreleased its official trailer Thursday, about a week after the passing of Olympian, WWII vet and the story’s hero, Louis…
WORLD WAR II IN CARTOONS – Review by Mark Barnes
Giving chase to my recent review of Mark Bryant’s look at the cartoons of World War I is this similar volume from him looking at…
New Documents Detail Cold War Targets
The National Archives has released new documentation from the Cold War detailed suspected targets for nuclear attacks by the Soviet Union. These targets include over…