BILLY CONGREVE DIARY – Review by Wayne Osborne
This is yet another diary from the Great War and it is a very good read for either the casual reader or the historian. Billy…
British Spy Manual Reveals Secret WWII Tactics
The notion of a spy manual which details covert tactics such as concealing bombs inside of dead rodents may sound to some people like something…
Irish College Honors French Resistance Fighters
Irish College in Paris has recently held a ceremony for men and women of Irish descent who fought for the French Resistance during the Second…
Canadian Who Fought As US Soldier And Buried With The Enemy Is Finally Transported Home
The repatriation of remains of a soldier from the Second World War have finally commenced. Arriving in Wisconsin, the body of Private First Class Lawrence Gordon…
Archaeologists unearth remains of 21 German soldiers preserved in WWI Shelter
The remains of 21 German soldiers were found buried in a well-preserved WWI shelter almost a hundred years after their death. The soldiers were members…
Dresden Museum: Soldiers Confront a Complex Military History
Among the artifacts displayed at the post-1945 section of the Military History Museum in Dresden there is a German vehicle which was damaged by an…
Airmen From WWII Bomber Found In Swamp To Receive Proper Burial
The five airmen were trapped inside the Halifax bomber for 70 years. The bomber crushed into a swamp after it was shot down during a…
The Battle of Point Judith – The sinking of U-853.
America’s involvement in the Second World War was only towards the end; however, by then Germany was almost defeated and orders were given to all…
English “living museum” to feature replica of World War I trenches
A replica of World War I trenches will be built in the English countryside to serve as “living museum” of the Great War. The replicated…
World War II bomb manuals reveal techniques used by Churchill’s ‘secret army’
On first glance, they look like old calendars, diaries or fertilizer manuals. But as readers flip the pages, the manual provides crucial and comprehensive information…
Kent Battle of 1940 remembered as the last battle in British soil involving foreign enemy
The battle between the crew of a German bomber and British soldiers is now being marked in history as the last battle in British soil…