Fallen WWII Paratrooper Honored with Bronze Star Medal
Fort Bragg, North Carolina – The US Army followed through with its promise on the mother of a fallen WWII paratrooper and gave her soldier son…
Bailiwick of Guernsey WWII Memorial Gets Nod
A memorial commemorating the Allied airmen shot down in the Bailiwick of Guernsey during the Second World War was approved and could be built up…
Dutch commission identifies 139 likely Nazi-plundered artworks
Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Famous Rijks National Museum, Netherlands is among the 162 museums participated in the 4 years long investigation by…
MP’s Offer for Help Over WWI Centenary Snubbed by Norfolk County Council
Chloe Smith, Conservative MP for Norwich North, was very saddened at the negative response she got from Norfolk County Council when she wrote to them…
WWII Nurse Helped Many Wounded Soldiers, But Would Not Survive The Battle
Second Lieutant Ellen Ainsworth was to be shipped out with the US Army Nurse Corps during WWII. Before she left, she wrote on a…
Gestapo Leader, Heinrich Mueller, May Be Buried In a Mass Grave in a Jewish Cemetery
Heinrich Mueller was the head of the Gestapo during the Second World War. He didn’t survive the war. To the surprise of the German media,…
FOR SALE: 1944 FORD T-16 UNIVERSAL CARRIER
This is Absolutely the best T-16 that I have seen by far in my 40 years of selling MV’s , There could be one out…
Major General Patrick Kay- WWII Royal Marine and a pioneer of amphibious commando warfare
Photo story (From left to right): (1) WWII Royal Marine Major General Partick Kay (2) British Commandos at Sword Beach area at approximately 8.40 am…
68 Year Old Telegram Finally Returns to The Deceased Next of Kin
October 28, 2013, Portland Police Officer, Matt McDonald, delivered a telegram to John Griffin, the dean of students and a former history teacher. In the…
The Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis comprised of an invasion by Israel of Egypt in late 1956, Britain and France soon followed in this invasion. The aim of…
History Repeats Doesn’t Always Repeat Itself: The Sad Thorne Brothers Story from WW1
The Thorne brothers, Marlborough and Cornelius, were both officers for the East Surrey Regiment. They served in the trenches of Fricourt in the Northern parts…
Walter Morris Was the Sergeant of the First All-Black Parachute Battalion.
Walter Morris was one of the first black paratroopers during WWII. As an original member of an all-black 555th Parachute Infantry Company. The…