Epic commemoration of World War I
2014 will be the first of four years of ceremonies and events to mark the 100th anniversary of World War I. The war broke out…
Northern Ireland Imagines a Nuclear Attack
The Belfast Telegraph reports that Northern Ireland Civil Servants drew up a dossier that details what would be expected if a nuclear bomb was dropped…
WWII B-17 Pilot Signs Historic Wing
In 1943, Harvey went into a boots shop to find out what deposit he had to pay for a new pair. After the bootmaker’s shop…
Holocaust Survivors Reunite With Their ‘Manna’: The Woman Who Cared For Them After The War
Soon after the end of the Second World War, Martha found herself at a manse in Lingfield, England, surrounded by children who were under her…
WWII hero Jack Tirrell repeatedly put himself in front of enemy tanks
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) WWII hero Jack Tirrell who received four bravery medals including three MCs on three occasions during the war…
WWI Hero, 16, Awarded The Victoria Cross
In 1915, Jack was only 15 years old when he decided he should join the Navy. He was a gun sight setter on HMS Chester…
Bitter Story of Bitter Times: Holocaust Survivor Recalls Winter Months in Nazi Camps
February, 1945 – It would have been the perfect time for 13-year-old Ivor Perl’s bar mitzvah but instead the barely in his teens lad stood under…
Civil War Ship USS Westfield Recovered from Houston Ship Channel
A 150-year-old Civil War ship was recovered from the Houston Ship Channel’s bottom and restored in a five-year project that yielded countless artifacts dating way…
Veterans Get Support to Attend Operation Market Garden’s 70th Anniversary
Lloyds staff, Church green East branch, are working at raising £10,000 to send at least 70 WWII veterans of the Parachute Regimental Association’s Redditch branch together with…
The Monuments Men: A New Campaign To Find Lost Art
Between 1945 and 1951, nearly 5 million works of art and other cultural objects stolen by the Nazis have been found and returned by Monuments…
WWII Vet Who Helped Save 1,000 Members Of The HMS Ark Royal Dies Aged 98
Taylor, described by his family as a “noble gentleman”, served in the Royal Navy during World War Two. He was born on June 19, 1916,…
Soviets Prepared to Exploit the IRA during the Cold War
December 27,2013 – The Scotsman reports that the Soviet Union was prepared to exploit the IRA during the Cold War. The Irish government tried to…