Kamikaze Pilots May be Commemorated as Unesco World Heritage
Japan has the desire to immortalize their kamikaze pilots–these pilots were young men who intentional crashed their aircraft into Allied ships during the Second World…
Rare Exhibit To Honour Heroes Of D-Day
The last remaining Hawker Typhoon was an important piece of resistance in the invasion of Normandy, on June 6, 1944 and is now set to…
62,000 WWI Heroes’ Names Up In Lights For Anzac Centenary
According to the director of the Australian War Memorial, Dr Brendan Nelson, each name will be displayed 19 times, on different occasions and about 30…
Top Gear Host James May Convinces BBC on WWI Poetry Program
From car engine power to word power, Top Gear host James May hopes to convince bosses of BBC to commission a program which will feature WWI…
Japan ‘Puzzled’ By China WWII National Days
This is currently the most recent intervention from Japan, who has been feeding arguments with the other Asian superpower over disputed territory and mixed interpretations…
Remembering Maria von Trapp, The Last of the Singing von Trapp Siblings (1915-2014)
Maria von Trapp, the last surviving member of the singing von Trapp siblings immortalized in the movie The Sound of Music has passed away last February 18…
Department “Played God” with Vietnam War Photo Dragging Williams, Blomley in Bitter Contest
For Vietnam War veteran Kerin Williams, he just wanted to get back the identity and historical past so rightly his to be returned. However, the…
THE BOOK THIEF – Movie review by Phil Hodges
Friday night and after a long week at work I decided to treat Mrs Hodges to a night at the cinema. “Not a war film,…
Photo of the Whiteford Brothers Tells Incredible WWI Story
The three Whiteford brothers and their one photo equates to an incredible story during the World War I. Who would have known one war could…
“World Wars” Series Marks WWI’s 1ooth-Year Anniversary
For WWI 100th-year anniversary, A+E Networks’ History and H2 have set World Wars, a six-hour special event series which will premiere in the later part of…
Veterans of WWII US submarine service honored at California Naval Base
Photo story (Clockwise from left): (1) Veterans of WWII US submarine service honored, in the photo (from left to right)- Robert Bell, Pat Zilliacus, Royal…
Top 10 Most Expensive WW2 Collectables Sold
It’s a fact. Once relatively lowly priced and overlooked World War Two collectables, perhaps even considered worthless in their time, are now fetching considerable prices…