The NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) has discovered the shipwrecks of a German U-Boat and a US Freighter, 30 miles off the coast of North Carolina. These two vessels reveal just how close the Second World War came to American shores over 70 years ago. The area where the...read more

The presidents of Poland and Israel were on hand October 28th for the opening of the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, bringing international attention to the 1,000-year history of Poland’s Jewish community, tragically decimated by the Holocaust. The museum was made possible...read more

This black and white photograph, taken 75 years ago this week, captures the remarkable moment the first German plane was shot down over Britain during the Second World War.

As the broken swastika-adorned aircraft lies beaten on a hill, crowds of Scottish villagers from Humbie, in East...read more