A remarkable lady: Patricia Barry – Codebreaker In WWII
On 21st August 1921, Hilda Patricia Rawlinson was born in Walthamstow, a suburb in the east end of London, to Percy and Hilda Rawlinson. Her…
The Desperate Banzai Charge On Okinawa
On April 6th, 1945, nearing the end World War II, Japanese forces launched a massive air counter-offensive against the insurgent American military on their own…
Far-Right Leader Jean-Marie Le Pen Fined For Holocaust Slur
The former leader of the French far-right, Jean-Marie Le Pen, has been fined 30,000 euros for saying the Nazi gas chambers were a “detail” of…
Hitler’s Copy of Mein Kampf Sells for $20,000
The copy of Mein Kampf owned by Hitler himself sold for $20,655 at an auction. Making it one of the most expensive copies of the…
One man’s inspirational mission to get his U.S. hometown named an “American World War II City”
A resident of Wilmington, N.C., has made it his mission to get the southern port city recognized by the U.S. government for its contribution efforts…
Soldier Missing in Action for 72 Years to Return Home
A 97-year-old man in Minnesota who waited 72 years for his younger brother to return home from World War II may finally get his wish…
Swiss Bunkers take on a new lease on life
Switzerland that famously neutral country, situated slap-bang in the middle of Europe, has not fought a war in over two hundred years. This fact has…
Medals from World War I and II Found in Riverbank, Returned to Family
Two people picking up litter found a cash box along the River Loddon in Berkshire, England. They found something that usually belongs in a museum…
Tailwind pushed WW2 vintage Stearman into ditch, snarling Texas airport traffic
On April 3rd, a retired Marine, who was flying the classic biplane, had landed safely at the David Wayne Hooks Memorial Airport in Spring, Texas,…
Museum to Recover Halifax Bomber HR871 Found in Sweden
A Halifax HR871 bomber that crashed off the coast of Sweden in World War II will be recovered this summer if the weather holds. The…
Top 10 U.S. Fighter Aces of World War II
Here are the top ten American aces based on their recorded kills or enemy planes that they shot down. 10 – Robert M. Hanson As…
95-Year-Old Sobibor Concentration Camp Survivor Dies
Jules Schelvis, on of the last Dutch survivors of Sobibor, one of three Nazi death camps in occupied Poland, has passed away at age 95.…