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Tegernsee Finally Removes Hitler’s Honorary Citizenship

After 83 years, the German town of Tegernsee, in Bavaria has officially stripped Adolf Hitler of his honorary citizenship. The honor was revoked by the…

Imperial German Navy Vessels from World War I Rediscovered in Portsmouth Harbour

  Decades after disappearing, two World War I German warships have been found peaking above the tide in Portsmouth Harbour. The discovery was the result…

Lawmakers Join Fight to Have Women Pilots Interred in Arlingtion

U.S. lawmakers met to decry a U.S. Army decision to forbid women pilots from World War II to be buried in Arlington National Cemetery. The…

Veterans Reliving WWII history through the restoration of PT-305

U.S. Navy Torpedoman 1st Class James Nerison was part of the PT-305 crew when they had an encounter with a World War II enemy, that…

The Top 10 Misconceptions of the First World War

Many probably don’t realize that what they’ve learned about history, especially when it comes to WWI, is not necessarily true.  Here are the top 10…

Civilians Killed by German Airships during World War I Remembered 100 Years Later

On the night of March 31 and into April 1, 1916, twelve people were killed in Suffolk (with more deaths later in Essex) as bombs…

Contentious Parade Staged By Latvian Waffen SS Veterans

Veterans of Latvian Legion held a parade this month in Riga to honor a key 1944 World War II battle. The parade is controversial because…

The Norwegian Spy Who Jumped Tree to Tree in a 200 mile Trek to Escape German Captivity

The amazing feat of a resistance fighter from Norway has been revealed in the book “Another Man’s Shoes.” Being captured for spying Sven Somme managed…

Large Cache of Wartime Nazi & Resistance Documents Uncovered in France

Historians in France have discovered secret service documents from World War II that provide information about how both the Germans and the French conducted their…

These 3 British SOE Women Helped Win WWII – 2 Survived, 1 Was Cremated Alive

During WWII when the men were out fighting on the front line, women were performing some pretty heroic acts of their own. As March is…

Should Hungary Make Reparations to Holocaust Survivors?

Fourteen survivors of the Holocaust sued the Hungarian government and its national train company, MAV, last month. The charge was that they had cooperated with…

The Last Veteran of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Who Fought In The Spanish Civil War Has Died

Delmer Berg, born in 1915, into a tenant farming family living near Modesto in Southern California, he has lived his life to the fullest. He…