Final Stretch of Hitler’s Motorway to Get a Makeover in 2015
The last remaining stretch of the highway built by Germany’s Third Reich will get a makeover after being riddled with potholes in its 80-year life.…
War Memorial at Littlecote House Unveiled
A memorial in the form of a plaque was unveiled recently in the grounds of the famous Littlecote House which is situated near Hungerford, by…
Finding Nazi Gold Through a Musical Score: Truth or Hoax?
Recent weeks have flung the sleepy Bavarian town Mittenwald in a flurry of diggings – scenes that bring into mind George Lucas’ films Indiana Jones. The…
Jeremy Paxman Salutes World War I Heroes in Gallipoli; Remembers Uncle Charlie’s Sacrifice.
Some are quick to make conclusions of the events of history including one of the greatest disasters of the Allies in World War I, the…
WWII and Monopoly, how it helped captured Airmen escape!
The board game called Monopoly had really come a long way since it was first mass-produced in America in 1934. The game is basically…
One Russian man who may have saved the world 30 years ago
Photo Story: Former Soviet Colonel Stanislav Petrov sits at home on March 19, 2004 in Moscow, Russia. Photo courtesy- huffingtonpost Thirty years ago, on September…
Visiting veterans storm the gates of closed war memorials
Photo Story: A group of veterans from Mississippi make it inside the World War II Memorial, despite Shutdown & barricades On Tuesday morning a group…
D-Day Dummy found in a Garden Shed
One woman was going and cleaning through her grandparents’ belongings in a garden shed when she chanced upon a rare find – a parachute…