Vienna Philharmonic revokes awards made during Nazi-era
The Vienna Philharmonic orchestra has recently revoked the awards it has given to six leading Nazis during Hitler’s rule. This move was in response to…
Austrian Journalist Claims Salt Miners Saved The Art Works And Not Clooney’s ‘Monuments Men’
According to an Austrian journalist whose book has just been published this week in Austria, the £5billion worth artworks were actually saved by a group…
Judge Ruled Out, Mount Soledad Cross to be Removed
U.S. District Judge Larry Burns has ordered last December 12 for the removal of the Mount Soledad Cross atop a Southern California mountain saying it…
Forgotten Military Medals Finally Returning Home
The Huffington Post shares a story of a Rita Dudczak in Lackawanna, New York. On December 16th, the county officials returned military medals to Ms.…
Russia Plans to Release A New Nuclear Missile in 2018
Reuters reports that Russia is planning on deploying a new type of long range missiles sometime in 2018. These missiles will be replacing the Cold…
Battle of the Bulge Christmas in the Eyes of a WWII Vet
“Christmas never comes around that I don’t think of the Battle of the Bulge.” Sergeant Malcolm “Buck” Marsh Jr. spent Christmas this year surrounded by…
China, South Korea Angered by PM Shinzo Abe’s Visit to WWII Shrine
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to the hated Yasukuni Shrine brought about furious reactions the country’s neighboring Asian countries South Korea and China. Abe…
Remembering Edwin A. Shuman III, Ex-Vietnam War POW (1931-2013)
Christmas, 1970 – 43 American POWs incarcerated in the Vietnamese Hoa Lo prison or Hanoi Hilton to the prisoners wanted to hold a short…
Operation Market Garden 2014 – Get your men on board!
Would you like to participate in a historic event, together with hundreds of enthusiastic WWII vehicle owners, re-enactors and paratroopers? The enlistment period for Operation…
Academic Reprint Of Hitler’s Mein Kampf soon to be available
A number of German newspapers suggested last week that Bavaria was trying to ban Adolf Hitler’s book, Mein Kampf. Actually, Horst Seehofer, Bavaria’s minister president…
WWII Genocide Against Roma Remembered
Serbian Minister of Health Slavica Đukić-Dejanović insisted that the genocide was one of the most tragic episodes for the Roma people during the Second World…
Former Concentration Camp Guard Held By Police After Raid At His Home
The pictures were taken at Dachau, the place he worked for 2 years as an SS guard. The man admitted having fun while working with…