What the Japanese Did To The Chinese Who Helped The Doolittle Raid Airmen…
During World War II 80 volunteer raiders bombed a Japanese city in revenge for the attack on Pearl Harbor. It was April 18, 1942, and,…
Little Girl who Acted in Schindler’s List Completely Traumatized after Watching the Film
While Schindler’s List proved to be one of the most iconic movies depicting World War II, many viewers do not know that making it was…
Enola Gay Memorabilia Auctioned
In April 2015, a number of items from World War II were put up for auction at Bonhams in New York. Included among these pieces…
How Japan’s Citizens took Part in Helping Jewish Refugees – Saving Countless Lives
During World War II, there was one Japanese tourist who did the unthinkable. When Europeans were seeking shelter from the Nazis, Tatsuo Osako was there…
The Heroism of Chiune Sugihara – Saved Countless Jews From Nazi Deathcamps
Chiune Sugihara is not a name that immediately springs to mind when thinking of Japanese Second World War heroes, but his story is remarkable. Born…
Top-Secret British Military Inventions Given to USA for Further Development and to Encourage USA out of Neutrality
There are a number of important events from 1940 that are being commemorated 75 years later in 2015. One is the famous evacuation of British…
Battle of the Bulge – Christmas in the Eyes of a WWII Veteran
“Christmas never comes around that I don’t think of the Battle of the Bulge.” Sergeant Malcolm “Buck” Marsh Jr. spent Christmas this year surrounded by…
Christmas with GIs: How American Soldiers Took The Place of British Fighting Men During WWII
American GIs sent to Britain during the height of WWII were repeatedly described as “overpaid, oversexed and over here” but at least, on Christmas they…
Top 5 Most Feared Israeli Weapons
The Israeli Army’s ground troops were established out of the Zionist paramilitary group, Haganah, which was created in the 1920s to protect the local Jewish…
‘The Man Who Saved the World’ – The Russian Who Avoided WWIII
The notion that one man alone could somehow avert a universal catastrophe or could potentially save the world has lost its age-old value with the…
Top 11 Biggest Air Battles in War History
Many think of war as either one-on-one combat or trench battle; tending to forget that there were also battles going on above the soldiers’ heads. …
Bristol’s Wartime Blitz Remembered
Seventy-five years after the UK experienced its worst bombing raids in the Blitz, the western city of Bristol has commemorated one of its severest attacks.…