Returned To Family 72 years After His Death – The Personal Effects Of A WWII Pilot
Lieutenant Harry F. Warner, Jr., was a decorated WWII hero killed during a bombing mission with the 63rd Fighter Squadron. His plane was shot down…
Civilian Fishermen, Father and Son, Captured By A German Submarine And Became Prisoners of War
Imagine the surprise when the mother of 17-year-old James Ritchie received a postcard from him months after he and fellow fishermen disappeared saying they were…
American Soldier to be Honoured in Roxbury, New Jersey, Decades after His Death On D-Day
Phil Weinpel knew his uncle died on D-Day, but that’s all he knew about his mother’s brother, Edward Morozewicz. He recently learned much more. Last Saturday…
Identified And Returned Home After 74 years – Two American Soldiers Killed in WW2
In October of 2011, the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency was contacted by an Australian citizen in Papua New Guinea who drew their attention to possible…
Incredible Urban Combat Pictures From Stalingrad – Not One Step Back
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet…
The Release Of The Documents About The Famous Battle of Midway Court Case
With the Battle of Midway as a backdrop, the US Navy found itself opening a war on a new front – the courtroom. On June…
Legal Eagle Launched Career Defending Japanese War Criminals
After World War II, a 25-year-old legal secretary volunteered to help defend some of Japan’s worst war criminals in the “Tokyo Trials.” Now, at age…
Check Out This Oscar-Winning 1943 Disney Animation – Donald Duck in “Der Fuehrer’s Face”
One of the best examples of American propaganda during World War II was a cartoon featuring Donald Duck at work in a factory operated by…
Armed To The Teeth And Able To Shelter Thousands: Epic Drone Footage Of FLAK Towers in Berlin!
Following the raid on Berlin by the Royal Air Force in 1940, the construction of three huge flak towers was ordered by Adolf Hitler. These towers…
“We Were Soldiers” Hal Moore Talks About The Battle For Ia Drang
Lt. General Hal Moore talks about the Battle of Ia Drang at the 2008 American Veterans Center’s conference. It was November 14, 1965, in the…
Heavy Tank Profile: One of The Most Effective Tanks of WW2 – The King Tiger
Following the fearsome Tiger I, its successor brought on even more armor and firepower. Even though Tiger II was only operational during a brief period…
The American Historian Who Took On A Holocaust Denier – Her Story Has Been Made Into A Movie
Deborah Lipstadt is a historian whose recent book, History on Trial, has been made into the movie, Denial. Ask her whether Holocaust denial is still…