Remembering the War Horse Heroes
Horse and Country reminds us that November 10th is known as Remembrance Sunday. The Horse Trust is a leading equine charity that is remembering the…
Antis: The Dog That Became a WWII Hero
Antis’ story is one courageous tale of how a dog’s bravery and loyalty made him a WWII hero. Enemy fire tore into the engines of…
World War One Innovators: Patriots or Capitalists?
World War One happened to pave way for what is now known as the ear of industrialization, great innovations were made. The Great War (as…
1500 Nazi plundered artworks worth about € 1bn found in a Munich Flat
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Hitler’s art dealer, Hildebrand Gurlitt confiscated & amassed over 1500 Nazi plundered artworks and ordered to destroy them…
Stanislaw Maczek, 102, General of Polish Armoured Division in WWII
General, Stanislaw Maczek of polish was a combat commander during the world war two died at his home in Edinburgh, at the age of 102.…
The Solitary Mountains that Saw Bonaparte’s Rise and the Axis Powers’ Fall
Riley Arthur, a National Geographic grantee, traveled to Slovenia to do a documentation on the Erased, about 200,000 non-ethnic Slovenian residents who were not automatically…
Searching for the Untold Stories of the Sikh Soliders of WWI
The United Kingdom Punjab Heritage Association was granted £450,000 by the Heritage Lottery Fund. They were tasked with researching the regimental histories, dispatches, correspondences and…
Heroine of Dunkirk is Being Restored to Her Former Glory
The Medway Queen was originally built as a recreational vessel in 1924. The vessel was used to take vacationers on trips around Kent for 15…
WWII style sky jump class drew participants from all over the world
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) British paratroopers ready for sky jump inside a Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport aircraft on 17th September 1944 (2)…
In Memory of WWII Counterintelligence Officer and War Hero Earl S. Browning (1917-2013)
Retired Army Colonel Earl S. Browning, a WWII Counterintelligence Officer known for his many remarkable war exploits, passed away last October 23 at the old…
Bloodshed on the Set of Fury – Stuntman stabbed by Bayonet!
Things on the set of 2014 WWII era film, Fury, has seen its own bloodshed. A 35 year old stuntman was filming a battle scene…
Charge of the Light Brigde bugle in Crimean War turns up on road show
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Captain Nick Holtby played the charge orders sounding bugle on the show (2) The historic bugle that sounded…