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Germany: WWII Vintage Bomb Uncovered in Frankfurt’s Railway

Frankfurt, Germany’s rail travel was disturbed for two hours last October 19 when a WWII vintage bomb was discovered near one of the rail lines…

English “living museum” to feature replica of World War I trenches

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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…

WWII Drama “The Imitation Game” Starts Filming with main Actors Cumberbatch, Knightley

A different Benedict Cumberbatch was seen in an equally different-looking King’s Cross station last October 20, Sunday. Second World War Drama   The 37-year-old English…

Nazi war criminal Priebke avoids being cremated and buried at sea like Bin Laden

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Priebke showed no remorse in the video recorded just before his death, he rather accused the resistance fighters…

Battle of the Nations re-enactment to show Napoleon’s dramatic defeat at Leipzig

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After 200 years since the historical defeat of Napoleon at Leipzig, Germany, thousands of war-gamers and history buffs gather to replay one of the bloodiest…

Probe Tied German Pizza Company to WWII Nazis

August Oetker of the German pizza giant, Dr. Oetker, has revealed that his family’s business is marred with ties to the Nazi party during the…

Remembering Frank Stone, One of Stalag Luft’s “Great Escape” Heroes (1922-2013)

Stalag Luft III, 1944 “The tension was electric the night of the escape. And then around dawn I heard a shot and barking and I…

WWII German aircraft on display at Cosford Royal Air Force Museum

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) A captured German FW 190A-4 aircraft during WWII (2) A Focke Wulf Fw 190 aircraft on display at…

Unbelievable! Paperclip, WWII Resistance Mark

Unbelievable but yes, the paperclip was at one time used as a resistance symbol during the Second World War. The Beginning of the Story World…

Was Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement policy best for Britain’s national interests?

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Neville Chamberlain, British Prime Minister of UK from May, 1937 to May, 1940 (2) Chamberlain speaking to interpreter…

The World War I Ghosts of Verdun Continue to Haunt the French Psyche

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Verdun is one of the battlefields that hosted brutal encounters between the Allies and Axis Powers during the World War I. Yet, it is the…

Bank Almost Banned Winston Churchill in New 5-Pound Note for Fear of Upsetting the Germans, Japanese

Bosses of the Bank of England almost outed former Prime Minister Winston Churchill from the new 5-pound note as they were worried his records during…