It’s the kind of investigating for which social media was made. Martin Bokesch from Vernon, British Columbia, would like to reunite the rightful owner with his or her missing World War II me... Read more
A Brookings, Oregon resident came across a Purple Heart medal, engraved with the name “Albert Schaffle”. Albert Schaffle was a pilot and First Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps during... Read more
Image: BBC News New data released from a 1939 survey has released a remarkable look into British people’s lives before World War II. The register of all living people in Britain was taken in... Read more
A World War II soldier and native of Clinton County, Kentucky, named Garlin Murl Conner, is one step nearer to posthumously being awarded the Medal of Honour. The Army Board fo... Read more
A private Japanese institution that discovered the remains of World War II soldiers on Saipan is returning to the Pacific island with the hopes of uncovering more unmarked graves, including... Read more
Berlin: A bomb from World War II was destroyed on Monday in a controlled explosion at the major international airport in Dusseldorf, in western Germany, briefly stopping air traffic.... Read more
Two people were killed when the inside of a World War II-era tank was ripped apart by an explosion. The tank was being filmed at a public gun range in Oregon. Described as a 1944 M18... Read more
When Adolf Hitler became chancellor of Germany, he named his trusted friend and colleague Joseph Goebbels (1897 – 1945) to the major post of minister for public enlightenment and propaganda.... Read more
Adolf Hitler (1889 – 1945) was a Nazi leader and one of the most infamous and powerful dictators of the 20th century. He ascended to power after World War I in the National Socialist German... Read more
Seventy years since the passing of the man, the word Hitler remains synonymous with unrestrained tyranny, unreasonable violence and unjustified racism. Of all the real-life villains that the... Read more
