Captain Sir Tom Moore has described being ‘absolutely thrilled’ after he was made honorary colonel of an Army training college in North Yorkshire. The 100-year-old war veteran, who became a national hero after raising almost £33 million for the NHS amid the coronavirus pandemic, shared his delight as he visited the Army Foundation College in Harrogate today. During … Read more
Astonishing before-and-after pictures show how Budapest has been rebuilt 75 years after World War II devastation Soviet and Romanian troops laid siege to Budapest for 50 days from Boxing Day 1944 to February 13, 1945 The fighting was extremely heavy – and around 38,000 civilians in the city lost their lives These astonishing before-and-after photographs … Read more
Stalin’s army invaded a Nazi airfield towards the end of World War II, killing a number of German soldiers and now archaeologist have found their final resting place. A mass grave has been unearthed in Poland that contains skeletal remains of 18 paratroopers who met their demise in 1945. The pit also revealed weapons etched, … Read more
Just one day before it was originally supposed to hit theaters, Apple TV Plus has released a new trailer for the WWII drama Greyhound. Sony Pictures was initially supposed to released the film in theaters June 12, but it was ultimately pushed due to the spread of COVID-19. Apple TV Plus announced in late May … Read more
Salvage crews have begun to lift the wreckage of a torpedo boat thought to have been commanded heroically by John F Kennedy in WWII from New York City’s Harlem River. JFK’s valiant record, rescuing several of his PT 109 crew members in August 1942 after being rammed by a Japanese warship, memorialized him as a … Read more
Eighty years ago this past week, the British and French armies were in the midst of the most calamitous defeat in their combined history. Churchill and Lord Halifax are pictured above Eighty years ago this past week, the British and French armies were in the midst of the most calamitous defeat in their combined history. … Read more
The wreckage of an RAF fighter plane that tumbled from 500ft with engine failure during the Second World War has been discovered on the British beach where it crash-landed 76 years ago. Dog walkers at Cleethorpes, Grimsby, were stunned to stumble across the seaweed-matted remains of the Bristol Beaufighter, which was dredged up by moving … Read more
Polish WWII fighter pilot, 97, who flew 100 missions with the British Royal Air Force after the Nazis invaded his country dies of coronavirus in New York City Jerzy Glowczewski, 97, died of complications from COVID-19 on April 13 in New York City Glowczewski fled his home in Warsaw, Poland, after Nazi soldiers attacked his … Read more
A ‘fiercely independent’ 102-year-old woman who once worked with Winston Churchill was given just two hours to live after contracting Covid-19 – but was sitting up in bed with a bowl of Weetabix days later. Catherine Grace had a secretive government role on London’s South Bank but has never divulged the nature of her work … Read more
We will not be able to dance a conga or enjoy a street party — let alone flock to Buckingham Palace, as millions did back on May 8, 1945. Tomorrow, 75 years on, it is going to be an unavoidably subdued anniversary of the day that the UK finally celebrated Victory in Europe. Nonetheless, we … Read more