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'It's all history.' Fort Reno Cemetery works to keep memory of WWII German, Italian POWs alive
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEL RENO — About 35 miles west of Oklahoma City, a line of gravestones dot a small walled annex of...
‘We were in paradise:’ Were German prisoners ‘coddled’ in World War II POW camps?
WOOD via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe American military made a point of following the Geneva Conventions, providing humane...
A portrait of love: Beaber family treasures painting of their mother done by German POW
The Times-Reporter via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNEW PHILADELPHIA ‒ A painting done by a German POW during World War II has long served as a reminder...
POW camps kept Michigan’s farms, factories afloat during World War II
WOOD via Yahoo News· 1 week agoAn American military leader came up with a solution that helped ease the staffing issues at home,...
The incredible story of how POWs played golf at the ‘Great Escape’ prison camp
CNN via Yahoo Sports· 4 months agoBeyond the towering rolls of barbed wire, the world was on fire — continents ravaged, a death toll...
The Great Escape, ‘pathetic’ collaborators and the British men who fought for Hitler
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 months agoBFC traitors Alfred Minchin (second right) and Kenneth Berry (second left) with SS officers in 1944...
Codename Nemo: How nine men captured a Nazi sub and shortened WWII
Navy Times via Yahoo News· 1 week agoOnce the hunters of the Atlantic ocean, the German wolfpacks by 1944 had become the hunted. Allied...
His grandfather was an Italian POW at Ft. Lewis. He’s here to trace his journey and say goodbye
Tacoma News Tribune via AOL· 2 years agoAndrea Franzoni is on a journey that’s taking him through the western United States by bike and...
Elise commentary: Camp Confidential documentary on Netfix delves into WWII secrets
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoFor anyone interested in rarely-known details about World War II or military strategy in general,...
York WW II veteran and POW, 100, shares harrowing tale of being shot down over Germany
York Daily Record via Yahoo News· 5 months agoDon’t panic. Those words came to Harold Pressel moments after flak from German anti-aircraft fire...