DVD Review: MONS 1914 – By Phil Hodges
MONS 1914 Pen & Sword Military 90mins Review by Phil Hodges for War History Online Mons 1914 reads the title of the DVD and just so…
Heinrich Himmler’s Love Letters to Wife Bared after 7 Decades
SS commander Heinrich Himmler’s love letters addressed to his wife were revealed by Germany’s Die Welt newspaper for the first time Sunday. The collection let…
WWI Tribunal Records Documenting Appeals Against Conscription Now Digitized
The UK’s Express brings a story of 8,000 recorded attempts to avoid conscription during WWI. These tribunal records have been released online on January 22nd…
WWII Original Book To be Donated to the 82nd Airborne Division Museum
The Fay Observer reported on January 25, 2014 the story of a WWII book that is to be donated to the 82nd Airborne Division museum.…
German Panel Hears WWII Disputed Art Deal Case
The collection, also known as the Guelph Treasure or “Welfenschatz”, includes gold and silver objects, crucifixes and other church artifacts worth hundreds of millions of…
Dresden Museum: Soldiers Confront a Complex Military History
Among the artifacts displayed at the post-1945 section of the Military History Museum in Dresden there is a German vehicle which was damaged by an…
Henry Tandey: The Man Who Spared Hitler’s Life And Changed The World Forever
515 German bombers burned down the city where Henry Tandey lived and all he could hear were the screams of hundreds of men, women and…
The Brazilian Ranch Where Nazis Kept Slaves
The picture was taken on a farm, about 100 miles west from Sao Paulo, Brazil, in the 1930s. It was found by a former rancher…
BATTLEFIELD RATIONS -The Food Given to the British Soldier for Marching and Fighting 1900-2011. Review by Mark Barnes
BATTLEFIELD RATIONS The Food Given to the British Soldier for Marching and Fighting 1900-2011 By Anthony Clayton Helion & Company ISBN: 978 1 909384 18…
Libya: Italian War Cemetery in Tripoli Attacked, Guard Killed
Renewed attacks on the Italian War Cemetery in Tripoli, Libya last January 19 resulted to a casualty – that of the life of the cemetery’s…
Germany: Calendars Feature WWII Luftwaffe Head’s Cottage, Government Orders Recall
A Germany state government orders the halt and distribution of thousands of calendars after finding out that the charming cottage on the cover photo belonged…
Last Vietnam War Vet In SC Guard Retires
The last South Carolina National Guard Vietnam War vet was honored following his decision to retire aged 61. The director of public affairs for the…