Second World War 
War reading list: Kurt Vonnegut(0)
War is often the backdrop for some of the very best art and literature produced. Many writers choose to try and get across anti-war messages in their work and few have done that with such incredible effect as Kurt Vonnegut.
Kurt Vonnegut’s 1969 novel Slaughterhouse Five has as its main subject the bombing of Dresden in […]
Britain’s secret biological ‘retaliation’ plans for WWII
Information from a set of files detail how Britain was researching human and animal biological warfare techniques during World War II.
The human disease included typhoid and cholera, while animal disease consisted of foot-and-mouth, swine fever and anthrax (which is obviously also harmful to humans).
The reports specify that the research was a potential retaliation to any […]
World War 2 bomb near George Clooney’s home
A small cache of World War 2 explosives has been discovered close to George Clooney’s summer villa in Italy. The explosives, which includes a mix of weaponry like grenades and mortars, were discovered only 14 metres away from the property, where they were found by local fishermen in a lake.
Explosive experts closed down the area […]
British war veterans ignored by Mayor Edmondo Cirielli
British war veterans have been left furious after the mayor of Italian city Salerno praised only the American forces who helped liberate the town in World War II. This is despite the death toll and number of wounded British servicemen greatly outnumbering those of the Americans.
Obviously this isn’t about Britain ‘doing more’ but instead the […]
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