Category: Art
Tokyo Rose – Cartoonists Revisit Story of How One American Citizen Became Japan’s Most Famous Wartime Propagandist
“Still a largely forgotten episode of the Second World War, two American cartoonists are now hoping to bring the story to light.” THE SAGA OF Tokyo Rose, aka Iva Toguri, is not one of the…
‘The Neptune Monograph’ – Historians Launch Campaign to Restore a Trove of Top Secret D-Day Documents
“Only a few men saw the Neptune Monograph before D-Day and after the war, it almost disappeared from history.” IT WAS ONE of the most closely guarded secrets of the Second World War – a…
‘The War That Changed the World’ – America’s WW1 Centennial Commission Gears Up for a Summer of Commemorations
“World War One remains America’s forgotten war, even though more U.S. citizens gave their lives in it than in Korea and Vietnam combined.” ONE HUNDRED YEARS ago today, 4,000 soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 28th Infantry…
Coats of Arms – Exploring the Colourful History of Military Heraldry
“It emerged sometime in the late 12th Century, at a time when knighthood became prestigious, and the knightly caste and the increasingly wealthy nobility merged.” WHY HAVE SO many European countries used double-headed eagles on…
The Faces of WW2 – Meet the Extraordinary People in 11 of the War’s Most Famous Photographs
“The names and fates of those who appeared in some of World War Two’s iconic photos eventually made it into the history books. Here are some of their stories.” JOHN BODKIN, an Associated Press photo…
The Night Sentinel – WW1 Soldier Recalls the Fear and Wonder of Sunrise on Western Front
“The night was a time for patrols hidden in the darkness. The danger was felt most at the petit poste, the most advanced guard against the enemy.” For nearly the entire First World War, the…
