The German city of Cologne has finished evacuating 20,500 people, its largest evacuation order since World War II, after officials defused three massive, unexploded bombs. The American bombs ...

A recycling centre in Devon has been closed this afternoon (June 6) after a suspected WW2 bomb was reportedly found. All workers have reportedly been sent home from Chelson Meadow Recycling Centre ...

A hidden World War Two air raid shelter has been rediscovered under a school playground. Construction workers were carrying out refurbishment work at Oxbridge Lane Primary in Stockton-on-Tees when ...

A memorial service has been held for a Canadian airman who was shot down over Guernsey 81 years ago. On 5 June 1944, the day before D-Day, Lt John Saville was hit as he led his squadron in a ...

"But we have an extremely good bathroom and kitchen fitter called Darren Dauncey - everyone knows him as Daz - and his attention to detail is second to none. "He is extremely good, he can see any ...

Terms like "battle shock," “psychiatric collapse,” “combat fatigue,” and “war neurosis” were used to describe PTSD symptoms during World War II. Military officials assumed that ...

Friday marks 81 years since D-Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II. The invasion – codenamed Operation ...

With the help of an expert historian, World War II in Paris will come to life. Discover the site of a pivotal riot sparked by sardines, see a hotel that once housed both Holocaust survivors and their ...

One of the most interesting German technologies adopted by Allied powers after WW2 is night vision. While some early versions were developed in the late-1920s, it wasn’t until just before the ...

One Small Step For Pac-Man, One Giant Leap For Pac-Man-KindHappy birthday to Pac-Man, who was first released in Japan on this day in 1980. Or should I say ‘Puck Man’ which was the character’s original ...

Mid-Atlantic Air Museum's World War essentially reenacts the setting of World War II, allowing visitors to take part in military actions. This focus on warfare history is represented not only by green ...