Category: World War II

The Canadian Memorial Ceremony to Commemorate the Fallen Soldiers Fighting for HK During WWII

The Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong and Macau held the 75th Memorial Ceremony for Canadian War Veterans at Sai Wan Memorial Cemetery in Hong Kong on Dec. 4. Rachael Bedlington, Canadian Consul General in Hong Kong and Macau, and John Theodore Siewert, a 98-year-old veteran of World War II, also attended the ceremony….


Epoch Cinema Documentary Review: ‘Arras: Scotland’s Forgotten Battle’

Commentary Some wars have faded from people’s memories over time, while others are more popular than ever. In terms of cinema, World War II and the Vietnam War films have been popularized to the extent that some suggest that they’ve been “done to death.” And I’m not just talking about feature films such as “Saving…


Book Recommender: The Heroic Story of a Ranger and the Battle That Defined WWII

Ronald Reagan made the 2nd Ranger Battalion famous with his 1984 “Boys of Pointe Du Hoc” speech. There, he extolled the exploits of the Rangers who scaled those heights on D-Day, June 6, 1944. Ever since, many believe that the Rangers started and ended their World War II efforts on that day in June. In…


Epoch Cinema Documentary Review: ‘Operation Sussex’

Commentary May 10th, 1940, might be a date that doesn’t exactly resonate with many Americans, but it’s quite a memorable date among many Europeans, particularly those who hail from France, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. On that day, Germany invaded those countries. France fell to the German army in less than six weeks. They wouldn’t…


Epoch Cinema Documentary Review: ‘One of Many’

Commentary I’ve seen my fair share of World War II films—some of the newer movies, but mainly the older ones from the Golden Age of Hollywood. The narrative feature films with stars like John Wayne, William Holden, and Burt Lancaster. However, every so often I am treated to World War II documentaries, which to me,…


Family Roots: Taking Inspiration from My Grandparents’ Love Story

War hero, farmer, and family man, my grandfather was among the last of the old breed. The son of Swedish immigrants, his father had his surname, Bengtsson, anglicized when he came through Ellis Island. Thus Carl “Benson” was born in 1923. Growing up in California during the Great Depression, Carl described how he would make…


One of Many | Documentary

World War II veteran PFC George Merz returns to Europe and recounts his stories from Normandy, Bastogne, and Germany. Emotional and thoughtful interviews with George, Christian Gabriel, and Helen Patton, granddaughter of General George Patton, set the stage. – Feature Films: Cinema collection: epochcinema.com Epoch Original content: epochoriginal.com Feature Films: www.theepochtimes.com/featured-films Follow EpochTV on social…


How American Servicemen Creatively Repurposed Plows to Defeat Germans During the Allowed the Normandy Invasion

By the evening of June 6, 1944, American, Canadian, and British forces had carved a toehold on the beaches of Normandy in northern France—the beginning of the end of Nazi domination of Europe. Yet as the Allied soldiers scrambled up the shingle beach and burst over the cliffs and bluffs overlooking the five landing beaches,…


Book Recommender: “Valor,” an Astonishing Tale of Defiance and Triumph During the Pacific War

Lt. William Frederick “Bill” Harris was an officer with the China Marine, the elite 4th Marine Regiment stationed in Shanghai, China, prior to World War II to protect American citizens. In the summer of 1941, with war clouds gathering, Harris and the 4th Marine were withdrawn from China to the presumably safer Philippines. “Valor: The…


Sailor Killed at Pearl Harbor Is Laid to Rest, at Last

CHICAGO—A 21-year-old sailor was laid to rest Tuesday following a decades-long effort to identify remains pulled from Pearl Harbor, more than 80 years after he was killed in the attack that propelled the United States into World War II. Members of Herbert “Bert” Jacobson’s family waited all their lives to attend a memorial for the…