Lt. Col. Eldridge Williams, one of the last Tuskegee Airmen, passed away
Eldridge Williams On Feb. 13, the Miami-Dade Aviation Department honored “not only members of the Greatest Generation” but “the Greatest Generation Plus.” Three South Florida Tuskegee Airmen of the 26 surviving…
Dog Tags of KIA US Soldier, Frank H. Norton, returned to Family
Incredible story of a metal detector who found the dog-tags of a fallen World War II soldier, Frank H. Norton, and returned it to the family. Peter van Pelt from Grobbendonk,…
Falkirk’s Johnny was one of the Ladies from Hell in WW1
The bravery of Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders soldiers earned them respect – the uniform earned them the legendary nickname The Ladies from Hell. It was a name given by the…
The Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich – 27 May 1942
THE ASSASSINATION OF REINHARD HEYDRICH R. C. Jaggers On the twenty-ninth of May, 1942, Radio Prague announced that Reinhard Heydrich, Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia, was dying; assassins had wounded…
Spitfire pilot remembered forever in Slamannan
A permanent memorial to a Spitfire pilot which features the propeller of the plane he was flying now has pride of place in a Braes village. A service was held…
WWII Destruction of Rotterdam German Film Uncovered
The German Federal Archive has found a film of the destruction of Rotterdam and Middelburg which was filmed by a German film crew in August 1940, a few months after the bombing.…
REVIEW: Ypres 1914: Langemarck by Jack Sheldon & Nigel Cave
These three Battleground Europe books on Ypres 1914 mark the centenary of the final major battle of the 1914 campaign on the Western Front. Although fought over a relatively small…
Pacific War – Battle Off Samar
Admiral Takeo Kurita The Pacific War, which began in 1941, was one that the Japanese Empire was losing by 1944. Despite their initial victories the Japanese could not hold the…
92-year old Navy Vet. got lost, Town comes to Aid
92-year old, World War II Navy Veteran, Oscar Ehrhart who left his house on Friday morning to attend a local American Legion meeting near his home in Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, got…
Defence of Hougoumont (1815) – Then & Now
If Waterloo was the pivotal moment of Napoleon’s return during the Hundred Days, then Hougoumont was linchpin of the Battle of Waterloo itself. The Duke of Wellington, commander of the…
