Category: WORLD WAR II

Ancient ruins of Pompeii ‘hiding 10 unexploded WW2 bombs’ dropped during Allied invasion of Italy Every now and again, real-life archaeology sounds a little like an Indiana Jones movie. Allied bombers dropped 165 bombs on the ancient Roman city of Pompeii. In the latest discovery of dormant bombs in Europe, at least 10 unexploded bombs are reportedly still buried underneath […]

Hidden World War II Battlefields Reveal Germans’ Tactics The ghosts of battle from World War II remain deep in the forests of northwestern Europe. These landscapes keep bombs, trenches and even the remains of supply depot-all of which have not yet been well studied. These battleground remnants may shed new light on logistical support of German field armies and the […]

Georges Loinger, Who Saved 350 Jewish Children During WW2 Georges Loinger used all his talent and abilities – and a large dash of chutzpah – in the Second World War to save Jewish children from the deportation and death. The Hero of the French Resistance, who died at 108, would organize children’s ball games along the Swiss border in France. […]

Heartbreaking Photos Of The Children Of World War II Of course, the impact of war is devastating to all aspects of life in the affected areas, and the normal course of life during wartime is impossible. They tend to forget that the horrors of war are not only unsettling for the soldiers, widows and parents, but for the children who […]

Top 10: Best weapons of WWII In the middle of the 19th century, the gun Gatling was first developed in Chicago and, although in that period it was not automatic, it was becoming a weapon that changed the nature of war forever. In the First World War, machine guns were used to devastate and were an important contributor to the […]

Horrific Japanese Crimes in WWII That History Forgot World War II struck devastating blows everywhere it took place, but the Pacific Theater was where nations fought the longest campaigns of the war and witnessed some of the most gratuitous cruelty in history. Between 1937 and 1945, the Empire of Japan reached out into a dozen countries with what appeared at […]