A Roman villa’s wine cellar, which was converted into an air raid shelter for Benito Mussolini and the Italian dictator’s family, is opening its anti-gas, double steel doors to tourists. The shelter was quickly constructed in 1940, after the outbreak of the Second World War, in what had once...read more

Rørbua, Norway’s first free administration building after World War IIand the 1944 tunnel, where 3500 people were hiding during the last days of the war, were both declared preserved at a ceremony on Saturday.

“These two heritage sites are important symbols on Norway’s freedom after the...read more

The U-boat skipper, Hans-Dieter Heinicke, had a crippled submarine and was headed home when he spotted the juicy allied convoy off the coast of North Carolina.

Although Heinicke, 29, had a damaged boat, he had sunk only three ships on his four prior patrols and probably saw the 19 ...read more

Il 21 ottobre del 1944, nel pieno della battaglia di Leyte, nelle Filippine, comparve il primo attacco "kamikaze" degli aviatori giapponesi che sacrificarono la loro vita per "l'Imperatore e l'Impero". Era, nel significato letterale, il "vento divino" che avrebbe dovuto annientare i nemici come...read more