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Three Nazi bunkers on a beach have been uncovered by  violent storms off the Danish  coast, providing a store of material  for history buffs and military  archaeologists.   The bunkers were found in  practically the same condition as they were  on the day the last Nazi soldiers left them, down to the tobacco in one trooper‘s pipe and a half-finished bottle of  schnapps. (edit) They were located by two nine-year-old boys on holiday with their parents, who then informed the authorities. Archaeologists were able to carefully force a way, and were astounded at what they found.'What's so fantastic is...

Two men who changed history never met, but they should have. They had an enormous impact on each other’s lives. They both were men of war. One would survive. The other would not. The following gives voice to General Draza Mihailovich, the one who did not survive, and what he might have said to the one who did, the great Statesman Winston Churchill, had he had the chance to do so. Dear Winston, During a critical period in the history of the world, our paths crossed in a fateful way, though we would never meet. I would die first, without...

My 66-year life with the Second and Orange USO began at age 7 when my father, active in the war effort, served on its dedication committee in April 1942. The war dominated my childhood and indelibly shaped my personal and professional life as a naval officer and historian. As a boy, I played war games with friends in our Forest Hills neighborhood, and we followed every inch of the news. We boys believed our troops overseas won the war because of us. To see, touch and talk to real soldiers and Marines, we visited them at the county’s USOs, including...

How the Eton-educated wartime Aga Khan offered '30,000 armed Arabs' to help Hitler - but still evaded treason trialLast updated at 18:34pm on 8th March 2008 Secret plan to help Hitler: Aga Khan III, pictured at the races   Britain dropped a secret plan to charge the Aga Khan's grandfather with treason despite evidence that he offered to help Hitler in the war, documents just released reveal.  Ministers shelved the proposed prosecution of Sultan Muhammad Shah – who was Aga Khan III at the time – for fear it would inflame Muslims.  The spiritual leader of the world's Zizari Ismaili...

Florence Leal was a teenager when her brother, Sergeant Albert Forgue, a gunner on an A-20J Havoc aircraft, disappeared more than 60 years ago during World War II. Barely a day has gone by when Leal has not thought of him. "He was 20 when he was lost," said Leal, 78, of North Providence. Military officials announced yesterday that a shallow grave of bones and other remains found in 1975 near Simmerath, Germany, has been identified as three US airmen, including Forgue. The two other servicemen believed to be on board the two-engine bomber when it crashed over Cologne in...

PALMDALE - Getting into uniform to do your bit and help beat the Nazis gathered in fearsome strength just across the English Channel often meant being ready to lie about your age. And that's what Stella Slydell was willing to do to help win a war that had to be fought. "We all lied about our age during that time," Slydell said. "I was not quite 17 when I entered the Air Force (in) late '42 or early '43," the Palmdale resident remarked of her days serving in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force for the United Kingdom during World War...

MILTON - Nearly every morning since World War II, George M. Thompson has walked outside his two-bedroom townhouse to hang a US flag over his driveway. Before sunset, the 82-year-old Army veteran takes the flag inside, a ritual that he says has helped him hold on to memories of the fellow soldiers he watched die between the beaches of Normandy and the Battle of the Bulge. Sixty-two years after completing their mission, Thompson and six other veterans who helped liberate France will today be awarded the Legion of Honor, France's highest award. President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has sought improved relations...

Beheaded at whim and worked to death: Japan's repugnant treatment of Allied PoWs22:59pm 18th September 2007 The sheer brutality of the battle for the Far East defies imagination. And in a new book, historian Max Hastings argues that Japanese intransigence made it far worse.  Yesterday, he explained why America had to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Here, in the final part of our exclusive serialisation, he reveals how the West was stunned when it emerged how cruelly their prisoners of war had suffered...As the men of the victorious British 14th Army advanced through Burma on the road to Mandalay...

As the sun shone across London this weekend a number of events were taking place to commemorate the Battle of Britain, veterans standing shoulder to shoulder with serving military figures and civilians to remember their comrades who battled so doggedly for their country during the summer of 1940 and throughout World War II. A permanent reminder of the debt owed to 'The Few' was revealed on Saturday 15 September 2007 in Westminster when the Royal Air Force and Battle of Britain Fighter Association unveiled the Battle of Britain Heritage Walk. The 45 minute walk links five sites of significance to...

With his regular ongoing title cancelled 20 years ago, Sgt. Rock returns to DC Comics in 2008 in the six-issue mini-series, "The Lost Battalion," written and illustrated by Billy Tucci ("Shi"). In a somewhat ironic twist, CBR News spoke with the Eisner-award nominated creator on the sixth anniversary of 9/11 about the iconic military figure - a connection not lost on Tucci. "Above all else this is a human story," said Tucci of his factually-based Rock story. "It's based on actual events and I've worked very hard crafting around the truth. I want to pay homage to the men and...

My Dad served during WW2 in the US Navy from somewhere around June, 1943 until January, 1946 in the Pacific. He was assigned to the USS SAN JUAN, a cruiser, and his duty on board was that of storekeeper. The USS SAN JUAN received 13 Battle Stars for her WW2 service. My Dad was on board when the ship received 7 Battle Stars. Almost needless to say, he saw a lot of heavy, heavy action. The USS SAN JUAN went all over the Pacific during the time my Dad was on board. Here is a link to the website should...

Nearly six years after 9/11, what's striking is how little has changed in America - and in its war effort. And yet if we can't change ourselves, what are the chances that we can change others? When President George W. Bush declares that the Global War on Terror is "the concentrated work of generations," one has to wonder if he really means it. Certainly there's been little concentration on effective war mobilization, and other countries have noticed. As we look back to study wars that the United States has won - and why - the most obvious metric is the...

Flag Waving Democrats January 10, 2007 President Bush made his speech tonight outlining a new strategy for the War on terror in Iraq. Even before he made the speech, Democrats and RINOs were lining up in opposition to any increase in troop strength, labeled as a “surge” in their semantic laced calls. Newly ordained Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (D.Ca.) says, "If the president is proposing an escalation, we want to see a justification for the mission." She added that any funding for a surge would be "subjected to some pretty harsh scrutiny." What more “justification” does she need...

I have a quick two question poll I'd like to ask. I think I know what the answers will be but just to confirm how depsicable the NYT has become I thought I'd ask it anyway. 1:Bill Keller and the current times staff is in chrage in 1944. They become aware that we have broken the Japanese code through a secret program called MAGIC. Do they splash it on the front page? 2:Bill Keller and the NYT become aware that we have broken AQ's code and are able to listen in on their every plan and thought thorugh a secret...

Ernest Crews Lacy, Jr. No. 13068 • 6 June 1920 – 28 April 1945 Killed in action in Germany, aged 24 years Interment: American Military Cemetery, Margraten, Holland ON 28 APRIL 1945, BUCK LACY was killed by enemy small arms fire while leading a patrol across the Elbe River in Germany. The tragedy of his death was particularly untimely, coming only ten days before the cessation of hostilities in Europe and after the victory for which he fought had already been won. A brief review of his life is in order. Buck was born at South Boston, Halifax County, Virginia,...

James Emerson Bush, Jr. Graduate No. 13253 • 11 November 1921 – 27 May 1944 Died when shot down by Japanese Zeros over Shinshow, China, aged 22 years Interment: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia JAMES EMERSON BUSH, JR. (“Bushie” to his family) now rests in peace in Section 34, Grave 2403, of Arlington Cemetery. His West Point ring, with a touch of magic, brought him there from an obscure grave in Shinshow, China. “Bushie” was the first of three sons of Colonel and Mrs. James Bush to graduate from West Point. From his earliest days he had two loves —...

E-mail Author Author Archive Send to a Friend Version November 09, 2005, 8:10 a.m. Patriotism Is Not All That Question time. Let us now sing the qualified praises of questioning patriotism. Last Sunday, Mike Wallace of 60 Minutes fame appeared on Chris Wallace’s must-watch show, Fox News Sunday. Having the CBS liberal lion appear on the upstart Fox — particularly after Fox had so much fun with the 60 Minutes "Memogate" story — made it the journalistic equivalent of an exciting crossover episode. You know, like when Happy Days was continued on Mork & Mindy. The fact that Chris...

FREDERICKSBURG TEXAS — Another Hill Country native leading his troops into battle halfway around the world spoke this weekend to mark the 60th anniversary of Fleet Adm. Chester Nimitz’s homecoming at the end of World War II. U.S. Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Michael W. Hagee told the crowd of nearly 200 at the National Museum of the Pacific War that the same leadership traits that made Nimitz a successful commander could be found today in the men and women fighting in the streets of Bagdad. “The world has changed because of advanced communication, and often young Marines cannot wait to...

THE Japanese were a "cruel enemy" in World War II, Prime Minister John Howard said today at a ceremony marking Tokyo's surrender 60 years ago. Without naming Japan, Howard said 20,000 Australians were captured in the space of a few weeks in 1942 – a reference to the sweep through South-East Asia by Japanese forces and the fall of Singapore in February. The Australians "passed into captivity only to endure years of forced labour, starvation and brutality at the hands of a cruel enemy," Mr Howard said at a ceremony at the war memorial in Canberra. "Our prisoners of war...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Willard "Mac" McLain's story of survival after his bomber was shot down over occupied France is like the plot of a movie, a five-month journey of intrigue and danger, avoiding the murderous Nazi Gestapo while moving secretly through an underground network of French resistance fighters. As America observes the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II this month, the 83-year-old McLain is among a dwindling number of men and women still around to tell the tales. When McLain visits the VA hospital in Tampa, veterans of the Korean War, Vietnam War and the Gulf...