The First World War was not the first conflict in which aerial bombardment of enemy cities played a part. Austrian troops besieging Venice had tried...
As far as I know this tunnel is also a memorial .... I'd be glad to hear more about it ! :) This tunnel, 1,000 metres long, had been used as...
I believe this is thought of as a memorial ......... I would like to know more about it if anybody knows !! :) A visit to Marguerre Camp will...
Over 100,000 Chinese laborers were used by the British Army to dig trenches on the Western Front ......
The bodies of many soldiers killed in World War I could not be identified. To honor them, the remains of one were brought to the U.S. Capitol to lie...
Reverend John B. DeValles was a man of peace in a time of war. He was known as the, "Angel of the Trenches", for his valiant deeds in caring for the...
Although not generally known, Albert Goring, the younger brother of Reich Marshal Hermann Goring, was an outspoken anti-Nazi. Arrested several times...
Does anybody know anything about what happened to this soldier after he went home ? In 1980, the last Japanese soldier of World War Two, Captain...
Feb 16, 1942. Operation Neuland begins. U-156 shelled oil installations on Aruba and sank three tankers. Dozens more followed. Apr 19. U-130...
Fort Douaumont at Verdun in France was captured in 1916 by a single German soldier after French General Chretien forgot to pass on orders to defend...
This is an old news article ... but still amazing I think ! :) By The Associated Press Chet Fleming is part of an army of children — a group of...
Lieutenant-General Lesley J. McNair (1883-1944) 39 : Commandant Command & General Staff School 39-44: Commander in Chief Army Ground Force...
Alexander Fleming ( or his father - depending which story you read !! ) saved Winston Churchill from drowning when they were both young boys....
A flyer from British Honduras ..... thought this site maybe of interest ! Sergeant Cassian Henry John Waight 1912 - 20 February 1944 Belize,...
Interesting site ..... nice to see the Canadians ! The ships, aircraft, and systems of Canada's navy, from its inception in 1910 until present...
I know this is WW1 ... but still fascinating footage ! Divers have released underwater footage from the wreck of a German U-boat sunk off the...
Divers have released underwater footage from the wreck of a German U-boat sunk off the Scottish coast in 1915....
You might not know ......... ( I didn’t!) that the summit of Scafell Pike - the highest mountain in England - was donated as a war memorial by the...
Theres some unusual ones here too ...... as always with War Memorials anywhere .... they are very poignant ! Like many small towns in the U.S....
JAPANESE PLANNING AND PREPARATIONS FOR THE MIDWAY OFFENSIVE The very complex Japanese Navy plan for the Midway and Aleutian operations required...
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