Nightmares remind vet of Burma railway experiences
PoW survivor Fred Seiker shares his experiences as a WWII prisoner of war who was forced to construct the Burma Railway, which was completed 71…
Lost WWII Aircraft Recovered From Lake Maskoka
A search and rescue mission over Lake Maskoka of Ontario in 1940 resulted in the loss of a Northrup A17 Nomad and two servicemen. While…
A Look at How Paris Looked Like When It Was Liberated From the Nazis 70 Years Ago
About 70 years ago, Paris was liberated from the Nazis and images captured by a photographer at the time tell the story of how the…
Kennet Valley to Digitize Its World War Two Collection
A community history project is set to digitise the artefacts that were collected during World War Two as part of the placement of hundreds of…
Hitler’s Assault on Poland – How World War TwoStarted
On September 1 1939, German battleship Schleswig-Holstein bombarded the Polish fort of Westerplatte in a conflict that came to be known as the battle of…
Second World War: Warsaw Uprising Given Sound and Colour
World War II’s Warsaw Uprising has been given sound and colour. The Second World War footage that was shot in black-and-white with no audio has…
What Did WWII France Do to Save French Jews?
There are people who believe that the government of France did little to save French Jews during the Second World War, that France simply let…
World War Two Battle of Saipan Re-enacted Seventy Years Later
Seventy years after the Battle of Saipan was fought as part of World War Two, it was re-enacted as part of this year’s celebration in…
Second World War and Crystal Meth: Hitler Was A Drug Addict?
According to information from a new finding, Adolf Hitler may have been a drug addict and that may have affected his state of mind during…
World War Two:Japanese Balloon Bomb Discovered Near Lumby, British Columbia
An unexploded bomb dating back to World War Two was discovered nearby Lumby seven decades after the war was fought. Lumby is a small Canadian…
WWII Veteran and Olympic Runner Louis Zamperini Dies of Pneumonia
Louis Zamperini was a veteran of the Second World War. He left his career as an Olympic runner to fly for the Allied forces, but…
Man Purchases WWII-Era Plane from Topeka Flight Museum
An unnamed man in Michigan has recently purchased a vintage aircraft from a flight museum in Topeka. The aircraft in question is a rare O-46…