Thousands of tons of unexploded Second World War bombs in Germany
German bomb-disposal experts are the busiest in the world. Each year they deal with more than 2,000 tons of high explosives – mainly Second World…
WWII POW Never Gave Up On escape
George Sekel was a popular and essential member of the local cheerleading squad at his local high school in Buffalo, Ohio. Popular with his teammates,…
Top Nazi Hunter vows to hunt for another decade despite declining numbers
Jens Rommel is an active hunter for Nazi war criminals. He is motivated to make sure that these heinous crimes do not disappear into history…
Top 10 RAF Fighter Aces of WWII
Here are the top ten Royal Airforce fighter aces of World War II 10 – Adolph Gysbert Malan Often called Sailor Malan and hailing from…
Duke of Windsor’s visit to Nazi Germany in 1937.
A parcel of sixty photographs, compiled by the equerry to the Duke of Windsor, Sir Dudley Forwood, of an unofficial visit of the Duke of…
The Red Baron: Manfred von Richthofen
The greatest fighter ace of the First World War, Manfred von Richthofen was born on 2 May 1892. Becoming an officer cadet at the age…
Operation Michael Germany’s Last Chance to Win WWI Before the Americans Arrived
By late 1917, the German Empire’s High Command knew they had to turn the war around quickly. Progress against the Allies was slow and they…
Racing Commentator Planned To Stoke Uprising Against Hitler
Right, example of a propaganda leaflet dropped by the RAF A collection of newspapers, paintings, and other documents scheduled for its first public display shows…
WWI Battle of Verdun Centenary Commemorated With Re-enactment
The Battle of Verdun is known for being one of the most brutal battles to have been fought during WWI. In this battle tens of…
Fort Wayne’s Veteran spent World War II On a Navy minesweeper
At the outbreak of World War II, radar and sonar were two top secret technologies. To train with these technologies FBI clearance was required and Arthur Spirou…
Why You Can’t Take Selfies At Auschwitz
A British novelist and journalist, Anthony Horowitz, recently made a plea for the banning of self-photography – the taking of “selfies” – at the Auschwitz…
Friendly Fire death may be the first casualty of the First World War
Sometimes we discover things in the most unexpected of places. Located within a visitors’ book from a tea room in Peterborough is the extraordinary story…