Burma War Graves ‘Has Enormous Power To Engage’
Taukkyan War cemetery is located in Burma along the highway linking Rangoon. 6,426 soldiers of commonwealth who died in either of the two world wars…
New York: Former Nazi Death Camp Guard Jakiw Palij, 91, ‘used to Jewish Protestors’
Jakiw Palij, 91, is a former Nazi concentration camp guard who was recruited by the German Army when Nazi occupied Poland. He has been a…
Major Dicky Day dies at 91 years old. Bore witness to one of the worst disasters of the 1942 Burma Campaign
Major “Dicky” Day bore witness to one of the worst disasters of the 1942 Burma Campaign. He saw the Sittang River Bridge be blown up…
Members of the SAS Honor the Dead with Their Own Traditions
In the Vosges Mountains in eastern France, sits a memorial that reads “Stele SAS” or SAS Memorial. The memorial is secluded from the rest of…
eBay apologises for selling Holocaust memorabilia
some of the uniforms of the victim of Holocaust in Germany eBay is one of the world largest online auction site, that help buyers meet…
Stephen McGinty: First World War history in making
BBC has launched 2,500 hours of broadcasting about the First World War to change people perception about the war, but as Stephen McGinty writes…
So-Called Sunken “Yamashita Treasure” Fires Up Frenzied Search in South Pacific
Talks about a supposedly sunken treasure off Solomon Islands coast in the South Pacific have sparked up frenzied searching by local and and foreign adventurers.…
‘The men get 16 hours on the bayonet’ Camp Wheeler Georgia During WWII
Camp WheeleR, GA. – Basic infantry training has changed since the days when people still thought they were getting out in a year. It’s…
The Solitary Mountains that Saw Bonaparte’s Rise and the Axis Powers’ Fall
Riley Arthur, a National Geographic grantee, traveled to Slovenia to do a documentation on the Erased, about 200,000 non-ethnic Slovenian residents who were not automatically…
In Memory of WWII Counterintelligence Officer and War Hero Earl S. Browning (1917-2013)
Retired Army Colonel Earl S. Browning, a WWII Counterintelligence Officer known for his many remarkable war exploits, passed away last October 23 at the old…
First Photos of WWII Drama “Unbroken” – Jolie’s Second Directorial Work
Hollywood A-Lister Angelina Jolie has decided to work on a WWII drama for her second directorial work — “Unbroken”, a film adaptation of the life…