8+ hour, 18+ min ago   (444+ words) She was born in Sarajevo in 1941, so she knows the story of her exile from her family's stories: "From Sarajevo we went to Mostar, then to Split, Vela Luka and Bari in Italy. Mom went with false documents." Her father…...

4+ hour, 27+ min ago   (90+ words) Sep 15, 2026, 6:00 AM A Putnam County World War II veteran received a special surprise to celebrate a milestone birthday. George Mezzone, who recently turned 100 years old, was honored Sunday during a celebration at his hometown McDonald's. Mezzone was joined by family…...

2+ hour, 40+ min ago   (574+ words) British Intelligence Secretly Hid Real Maps, Compasses and Cash Inside Monopoly Sets During World War II to Help POWs Actually Escape German Camps AOL.com Sometime around 1941, a Leeds toy-and-playing-card printer called John Waddington Ltd. began quietly building an altered…...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago   (170+ words) (Willmar, MN) -- A Minnesota family is finally receiving medals earned by a World War Two veteran more than 80 years ago. Dwight Stevens earned a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart and other honors while serving with the Army in Europe. His…...

12+ min ago   (204+ words) The Stan Greenspon Holocaust Education Center (SGC) will welcome President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s great-grandson, Merrill Eisenhower Atwater, to the Knight Theater in Charlotte for a community event benefiting the work and programming of the SGC. Eisenhower’s commitment to preserving truth continues…...

19+ hour, 42+ min ago   (202+ words) A memorial has been held for two WW2 pilots who died in a plane crash after steering their Halifax bomber to a safe place to save it from hitting Wallingford. Flying officer John Wilding and Flight Sergeant John Andrew died on…...

9+ hour, 59+ min ago   (1395+ words) Menachem Z. Rosensaft was born in 1948 in the Bergen-Belsen displaced persons camp, the largest of the temporary housing facilities built for survivors in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Now, after an illustrious career serving Jewish political and community organizations, he is…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (474+ words) by Fortuna Leroy | 7 luglio 2026 | Storia e leggende, Aviazione militare | 0 comments The Valiant is the least glamorous of Britain’s three V-bombers. It is also the one that did the most, first. It worked exactly as intended. The Valiant flew in 1951 and…...

20+ hour, 17+ min ago   (47+ words) Portrait of Colonel George S. Patton, Charleston lawyer, who commanded an Infantry Brigade at Droop Mountain Battle. Grandfather of World War II General. WV News Col. George S. Patton, Confederate States of America. CHARLESTON, W.Va. — The following events happened on these dates…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (444+ words) Joseph R. Beyrle's experience captures the initiative demanded of airborne soldiers, the brutality endured by prisoners of war, and the unlikely battlefield cooperation between American and Soviet soldiers during the final months of the war. Most Americans who know the story…...