Lost D-Day Helmet Finally Reunited with Its Canadian Owner
Approximately seventy years ago, George Johnston was a member of the North Shore Regiment’s B Company in the Second World War. From 1940 to 1946,…
Singapore: The Marsiling Tunnels Tour to Celebrate Battle of Singapore
This year is the 72nd anniversary of the Battle of Singapore and to celebrate this, the country’s National Heritage Board launched a new tour –…
British Storms Reveal New Dangers – Unexploded WWII Bombs
The latest winter’s disastrous storms have, according to police, revealed new dangers – in the form of unexploded WWII bombs. The said storms have demolished and in…
FRANCO’S CRYPT, Spanish Culture and Memory Since 1936 – Review by Chris Ball
There is a belief that after the Nationalist’s victory in the Spanish Civil War that Spain suffered a deliberate, collective amnesia, the Spanish for which…
Poignant Letter To Wife Found In Pocket Of WWI Soldier Killed In Action
He wrote the letter only a few days before he died on the Somme on March 2 1917. In his letter, Henry talks about being…
Victoria Cross Recipients are Honored in Sefton
The heroes of WWI will be remembered this centenary year as five commemorative paving stones will be laid for Sefton’s Victoria Cross (VC) recipients. Five…
A French Woman Adopts the Grave of James Lange
The family of James Lange has never had a chance to lay flowers at the grave of the departed soldier. The 19 year old soldier…
China To Philippine President Aquino: We Fought Hitler In WWII
President Aquino was recently reminded that China fought alongside the Allied Powers against Japan and Germany during the Second World War, after he linked China’s…
A Deserving Honor For A D-Day Vet
The French President Francois Hollande, awarded D-Day vet Bob Sales with the Legion of Honor. He was only 18 years old when he joined the…
Looking at the sins of the past as debate among Nazi sons rages on
Last week, two elderly Germans were on stage at London’s Southbank Centre in a debate about their fathers. Onlookers might think that the scene was…
Pink Floyd Roger Waters Unveils Memorial To His Father Who Died In WWII
His father was killed in the south of Rome, during a fight between the British soldiers and the German forces, seven decades ago. Waters dedicated…
WWI: Secret And Deadly Work Of Girls At Avonmouth’s Mustard Gas Factory
The top secret mustard gas factory was ruled mostly by women, where the savage chemical weapon, which killed so many soldiers during the First World…