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Austria To Conduct Search For Hidden Nazi Laboratory

Ian Harvey

Thousands of people were killed in the 15 miles of tunnels that lie under Gusen. Authorities are now searching the tunnels located under the former…

D-Day Vets’ Last Battle: Raising Money for National Memorial

Even after WWII and the Normandy Landings, these D-Day vets still have a last campaign to fight for – raising the needed  £65,000 to have their…

As WWI Centennial Plans Begin, So Do The Conflicts

Ian Harvey

It didn’t end all wars as it was supposed to do and it’s still creating conflicts a hundred years later. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission…

The Heroic Paradogs of World War II

Ian Harvey

First, he learnt how to find and identify minefields, he protected his fellow soldiers on battlefields, he parachuted under a storm of German anti-aircraft on…

Remembering WWII by Remembering Our Veterans

Ian Harvey

On Veterans Day in 2013, President Barack Obama honored Richard Overton, 107 years-old, at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery. Mr. Owens…

Alfred Rosenberg’s Diary:How Vegetarian Hitler Wanted To Ban Sick Children From Eating Meat

Ian Harvey

The diary, which disappeared seven decades ago during the Nuremberg trials, was believed to have been smuggled out of Germany by US prosecutor Robert Kempner.…

Austrian Journalist Claims Salt Miners Saved The Art Works And Not Clooney’s ‘Monuments Men’

Ian Harvey

According to an Austrian journalist whose book has just been published this week in Austria, the £5billion worth artworks were actually saved by a group…

Former Concentration Camp Guard Held By Police After Raid At His Home

Ian Harvey

The pictures were taken at Dachau, the place he worked for 2 years as an SS guard. The man admitted having fun while working with…

24 Nazi Death Camp Guards, Including Three Women, Are Being Probed In Germany

Ian Harvey

The three ladies, now aged between 90 and 94, served as guards at Hitler’s concentration camps, nearly 70 years ago. The women and other 21…

RAAF Pilot Promoted To Flight Lieutenant after 70 years!

Ian Harvey

After he was shot down over Germany, Ken Wright had to spend three years in a prison camp, reason for which he never got the…

Jasper Nicholas : World of Tanks

Ian Harvey

Nicholas is the general manager of Wargaming, in the Asia-Pacific region, a place where Wargaming has just begun to engage in some kind of a…

Military Funeral For WWII Fighter Ace

Ian Harvey

  Maj. Urban Drew, Ben to those close to him, was a father and a real-life hero for his son David Drew. Ben served in…