WWII Vet Travels to Australia to Reunite with his Wartime Girlfriend
It took almost 70 years, but it was worth the wait. Thomas Norwood is a 93-year-old United States World War II veteran had traveled all the…
93-year-old Former Auschwitz Guard Must Stand Trial, German Court Rules
It seems that Europe’s courts still have yet to finish with the trials of former Nazis implicated in the deaths of those who died in…
When Finns & Snow Killed the Soviets – 8 Things You Need To Know About The Winter War
As the Second World War was breaking out in Western Europe, the Soviet Union embarked on another war – one which it though would easily…
The Beginning of the Spy Alliance between the U.S. and Britain
A single clandestine meeting three-quarters of a century ago ultimately led to the allying of British and U.S. spy agencies – an alliance that persists…
World’s Last BTD-1 Destroyer Finds a New Museum Home
Of the 28 BTD-1 Destroyer warplanes that were manufactured during World War II, there is exactly one left in existence. And it’s not in terrific…
Warsaw Uprising: The Heroic Last Stand of the Polish Home Army
Throughout the Second World War, the people of Poland were stuck between Germany and their old enemy, the Soviet Union. In September 1939, the country…
This Is What Happens When an Axe-Wielding Burglar Wants To Mess With an Armed 92-Year-Old WWII Veteran
They say that old age is only a state of mind, but some people exemplify that to a greater degree than others. Joe Milspa is just such…
Hitlers Homes In The UK – By Geoff Moore
Had World War II finished with a victory for Hitler landmark buildings around London and Great Britain were certainly on his shopping list for use…
5 GI’s Took Cover For What Was To Become A Night From Hell
Only starlight and a sliver of a moon lit the way for the fragmented platoon of the 14th Armored Division “Liberators” Infantry. It was another…
Amazing Tank Factories Of WWII
During World Wars One and Two tank manufacturing was big business. The British first referred to tanks as ‘landships’ and the government set up a…
WWII-era Bomb Group Reactivated by the Air Force
The 489th Bomb Group, first activated in 1943 during WWII, is being reactivated by the Air Force Reserve. The ceremony was held at the Dyess…
WOW! High School Football Game Stopped Because US student Wanted To Thank World War Two Veterans
A student from a Louisiana high school stopped a game of football at the school because he wanted to thank the World War Two veterans…