Rosie the Riveters Act to Preserve Bomber Plant
The women known as Rosie the Riveters are so named for a campaign to get women on the home front to aid the war effort…
Nuremberg Attracts Tourism with Checkered History
The city of Nuremberg was a major site for the Nazi party during the Second World War, as it was the site of their most…
Did Friendly Fire Cause the First WWI Casualty?
Evidence now suggests that friendly fire may have caused the initial casualty on the British side of the First World War. Private John Parr was…
CARIBBEAN VOLUNTEERS AT WAR – Review by Mark Barnes
It was the Friday of another Longest Week and I was ploughing through the mud at the swampy finale to the War & Peace Show’s…
3D Technology May Help Uncover Nazi Criminals
Since the rise of 3D technology, more and more uses for the tech seem to be uncovered every week. Now, these applications may be looking…
Finding Old Sunken Planes Using New Technology
Researching combing the oceans for sunken planes have begun putting new technology toward the effort. These technologies take the form of large drones which mostly…
Plane Crash from Over 70 Years Ago Remembered
The plane crash which killed an American pilot in 1943 was witnessed by the two young offspring of the Simonelli family in Italy. Caroline and…
Mystery of the underwater time capsule is solved: Plane is identified as a JU-52 carrier
A plane used by the Luftwaffe forces during the Second World War has been located underwater in remarkable condition. Located in the Black Sea, the…
German community honors US bomber crew shot down in WWII
Almost seventy years ago, a WWII bomber went down on the outskirts of Vaterstetten in Germany. A B-24 Liberator, the aircraft was commonly referred to…
Denial of War Crimes Outlawed in Russia
Denial of Nazi war crimes is just about as old as the Second World War itself, and apparently so is the denial that the Soviet…
WOLFHILDE’S HITLER YOUTH DIARY 1939-46 – Review by Mark Barnes
We were sent this interesting book from the United States where the rise in publication of personal accounts and diaries through self-publishing and, equally importantly,…
Normandy Veterans Held Back by Paperwork
This year will mark the seventieth anniversary of the Normandy invasions of World War II, and as such there are numerous events planned to commemorate…