In autumn 1943 SAS Lieutenant Alastair McGregor and his seven men were dropped deep behind enemy lines, on Winston Churchill's personal orders. Their mission: to bring back the thousands of escaped ...
When Allied troops stormed the beaches of Sicily on July 10, 1943, they expected brutal combat in what Winston Churchill called "the soft underbelly of Europe." In most cases, they got what they ...
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the unanimous passage of S. Res. 432 on October 6, 2025, the U.S. Senate has established National World War II Italian Campaign Remembrance Day, The ...
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When the Rarest SS Relic Was Found During WWII
Today, I uncover the forgotten story of Heinrich Himmler’s personal SS helmet, one of, if not the rarest Nazi relics ever discovered. From the origins of the black SS uniforms and M18 RZM helmets to ...
An ancient Roman erotic mosaic depicting a half-naked couple has returned to Pompeii more than 80 years after it was stolen by a Nazi officer during World War II, Italy’s cultural heritage police said ...
Decades after a group of soldiers lost their lives at a prisoner of war camp in Poland, their graves have been found. D. Frymark, Central Museum of Prisoners of War Antiquity Nearly 80 years after a ...
Had the Aquila been completed, it could have bolstered Italy’s Mediterranean operations by providing fleet air defense and strike capabilities. Not wanting to be viewed as the ‘sick man’ of the Axis ...
The United States and Italy signed a pact to bolster efforts to recover the remains of American soldiers who went missing in action during World War II, officials announced Tuesday. The Defense ...
80 years ago, on May 5, 1945, the strangest fight in World War II took place. American soldiers and Wehrmacht troops teamed up to fight the SS. By Nicholas Slayton Published May 5, 2025 12:31 PM EDT ...
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