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Major Dicky Day dies at 91 years old. Bore witness to one of the worst disasters of the 1942 Burma Campaign

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Nov 14, 2013 Evette Champion

Major “Dicky” Day bore witness to one of the worst disasters of the 1942 Burma Campaign. He saw the Sittang River Bridge be blown up…

WWII surveillance images of Gold beach sold for over £3,000 at auction

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Nov 13, 2013 Mohammad Rafi Saad

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Sophisticated technology was used by spitfire pilots to plot images of Gold beach; Mont Fleury was one of…

Members of the SAS Honor the Dead with Their Own Traditions

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Nov 13, 2013 Evette Champion

In the Vosges Mountains in eastern France, sits a memorial that reads “Stele SAS” or SAS Memorial. The memorial is secluded from the rest of…

WWII-centric Movie, The Book Thief, Hit Theaters

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Nov 13, 2013 Evette Champion

“The Book Thief” is a movie that takes place in a fictional German town at the height of World War II and it focuses on…

THE BABY KILLERS – German Air Raids on Britain in the First World War. Review by Mark Barnes

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Nov 13, 2013 Mark Barnes

THE BABY KILLERS German Air Raids on Britain in the First World War By Thomas FeganPublished by Pen & Sword Military ISBN: 978 1 78159…

Mini Sub Raid Against German Battleship Tirpitz

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Nov 13, 2013 Heziel Pitogo

The German Battleship Tirpitz, launched in 1941, was thought to be unsinkable it was dubbed The Beast after ten attempts made by the British and Russian forces against it…

EMPIRES OF THE DEAD – Review by Mark Barnes

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Nov 12, 2013 Mark Barnes

EMPIRES OF THE DEAD By David Crane Published by William Collins ISBN: 978-0-00-745665-9 Review by Mark Barnes for War History Online After he was killed…

Believed to be the Oldest Surviving Poppy from WWI to be Auctioned

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Nov 12, 2013 Heziel Pitogo

It is believed to be the oldest surviving poppy from WWI’s battlefields and now, it has come up to be auctioned…almost 100 years after it…

Top 5 Picks of WW2 Collectable Deactivated Sniper Rifles

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Nov 12, 2013 Guest Author

THE SNIPER HAS lurked in the shadows of war for over two centuries evolving from paid assassin to the most highly trained of infantryman during…

World War I Centenary – A United Europe?

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Nov 12, 2013 Ian Harvey

The 1917 Battle of Passchendaele, otherwise known as the ‘Battle of Mud’became one of the most infamous battles during World War I. During the battles…

Declassified documents reveal female CIA officer secrets

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Nov 11, 2013 Ian Harvey

Newly declassified interviews with female CIA officers have spoken about the sexism and other problems they faced working in the male-dominated agency during the sixties…

German Tourists Visit the WWII PoW Camp at Belle Fourche, South Dakota

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Nov 11, 2013 Evette Champion

70 years ago, nearly 600 German soldiers were sent to Belle Fourche–a World War II PoW camp. This camp was located near the Orman Dam.…

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