The biggest World War II Prisoner of War (POW) escape in Britain occurred on the 10 March 1945 when 70 German POWs tunneled their way to freedom. The 1963 movie “The Great Escape” made famous the British POW escape from Stalag Luft III in March 1944. But a year later, in 1945 was the largestContinue reading “The German POW Great Escape of World War II”
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The Worst Coal Mining Disasters in History
Two of the worst coal mining disasters in our history, one in U.S. and one in the UK, took place only six years apart – in West Virginia in 1907 and Wales in 1913. Let’s take a closer look at them both. December 6, 1907 – Fairmont Coal Company, Monongah, West Virginia – 361 DeadContinue reading “The Worst Coal Mining Disasters in History”