Grave of ‘Man With The Iron Heart’ Reinhard Heydrich ‘Defiled’
The police in Berlin are investigating the opening of the unmarked grave of SS officer Reinhard Heydrich, key architect of Hitler’s Final Solution, nicknamed the…
British Commando Took Out ISIS Fighter With a WW2 Fairbairn-Sykes Knife
A British commando with the Special Boat Service (SBS) killed an ISIS terrorist with a World War II-era Fairbairn-Sykes fighting knife. It is thought to…
Norway to Capped U-864 That Was Leaking Mercury into the Sea
A WW2 U-864 had become an environmental nightmare due to toxic cargo it holds. Sunk off the coast of Norway in February 1945 while transporting…
Ceremony to Mark the 80th Anniversary of the Death of Captain of the Graf Spee, to be Held in Argentina
Inge Nedden, daughter of Kriegsmarine Captain Hans Langsdorff of the Graf Spee, will honor her father in a ceremony this Christmas, many miles away from…
New book recounts the last Christmas of World War II
How was Christmas celebrated and experienced during 1944, the last year of World War II? This question is answered in the newly published book Christmas…
Last Japanese Survivor From the Battle of Peleliu Dies at 98
The Battle of Peleliu was one of the bloodiest and most deadly conflicts in the Pacific Theatre and claimed more than 12,000 lives, which is…
Pain, Drill & Boot Camp: Secrets of Sam Mendes’s Epic 1917
Sam Mendes, director of the WWI movie 1917, spent time ensuring that every detail of the film was historically accurate, and the result reflects his…
Divers Use WW2 Equipment To Return A Crew Member To USS Arizona
Divers from the Army conducted a unique and poignant internment when they lowered an urn containing the ashes of Lauren Bruner into the wreck of…
‘Masters of the Air’ from Hanks & Spielberg Set in Norfolk Finally Happening
Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg are teaming up on a miniseries about US airmen in World War II. While it had appeared that the show…
Maurice Mounsdon, One of Last Members of ‘The Few’, dies aged 101
One of the last four remaining Battle of Britain pilots has died at age 101. Maurice Mounsdon, a Flight Lieutenant in August 1940, survived severe…
Rock Star Jon Bon Jovi Builds 77 Homes For Homeless Veterans
Big-hearted Bon Jovi frontman Jon Bon Jovi has put his heart on his sleeve and his hand in his pocket to help homeless Washington war…
91-Year-Old Holocaust Survivor Testifies Against Nazi Camp Guard
Holocaust survivor Abraham Korisky was brought to Stutthof Camp from Lithuania in 1944 when he was just a boy of sixteen, where the man facing…