Steve Carr: As the Lancasters of 617 Squadron were over the German Dams on the 16/17th May, ground crews of the US 8th Air Force were working hard preparing the US Heavy Bombers for a raid that day. Among the aircraft was B-17F Fortress serial #41-24485, unknown at the time. It was named “Memphis Belle”. 70 Years ago today, May [...]
Watch this amazing footage of a Soviet build T-34/85 being pulled out of the mud on a former training ground in Poland:
When you think about what it took for the United States and our Allies to win World War II, it wasn’t just up to the troops fighting in Europe and the Pacific, the war was waged on the home front as well. And a big chunk of real estate in Ypsilanti was one of the most important spots in the [...]
Standing out as one to watch for the bookies in the WHO What’s Not to Like championship stakes is this little gem from Michael Forrest. This is a history book which doubles as a battlefield guide and somewhere in the gaps it is also an artilleryman’s journal of sorts. I suppose you might call it a bit of a hoot. [...]
Thenews.pl: A search for mass graves of victims executed by the Nazi Germans in the first months of World War II was launched at Piasnica, northern Poland on Tuesday. Tuesday’s search for mass graves in woodland near Piasnica.It is estimated that between 12,000 and 14,000 people were executed in woodland near the village, and historians believe that initial excavations in [...]
People dressed in uniforms displaying Nazi or SS insignia are being discouraged from attending a 1940s event in West Yorkshire. The decision has come after a group of German visitors to last year’s event in Haworth found such uniforms offensive. Businesses in the town have been given signs saying Nazi or SS uniforms are “not welcome”. Peter Hill, from the [...]
Calls have been made for a Scots prisoner of war camp to be used to house dozens of Ryder Cup volunteers. Cultybraggan Camp, just outside Comrie, Perthshire, was home for a number of senior Nazi officials captured during WW2, including Adolf Hitler’s deputy fuhrer, Rudolf Hess. After housing some of the most dangerous war criminals, the camp is now part [...]
Daily Mail: It is 70 years since the Ministry of Food’s leaflets taught Britons to eat well on rations and stay ‘fit for the fight’ during the Second World War.But much of the long-forgotten dietary advice still stands and, says a leading nutritionist, could help improve our diet today. A new book, Eating For Victory, reproduces the leaflets distributed along [...]
Euronews.com reports: Shortly to be added to the list of Europe’s most unusual tourist destinations, you too will soon be able to experience some of that Cold War chill in this nuclear bunker in the Czech Republic. Misov, some 60 kilometres from the German border, got its underground complex in the Khrushchev years, and now it is a museum to [...]
The Telegraph reports: Nicholas Winton rescued hundreds of young Jews from the Nazis and is a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize. We meet some of the children he saved The birthday party will be modest and understated, in keeping with the man. Sir Nicholas Winton is 104 tomorrow and naturally some of his children will be there to wish [...]
Blown out of proportion? Student arrested for posing by Russian WWII memorial with an inflatable sex dollMay 21, 2013
Is it illegal to wear medals you weren’t awarded?May 21, 2013
A selection of impressive black and white photographs of that uneasy year 1943May 21, 2013
Fighter pilot reunited with tough little KittyhawkMay 21, 2013
2011: Intact German WW1 uboat found off IrelandMay 21, 2013
Rhidian Brook: my grandfather inspired my bestselling novelMay 21, 2013
Unthinkable? Putting the second world war to restMay 21, 2013
A wonderful tribute to veterans at the PixMay 21, 2013
Monument to the 1,200 Guardsmen, Kaliningrad, RussiaMay 20, 2013
Russia and Japan seek agreement to end WWIIMay 20, 2013
Top Ten United States Fighter Pilot Aces from WWIIMay 20, 2013
Save The Willow Run Bomber PlantMay 20, 2013
New Dam Busters film on hold!May 20, 2013
Dambusters celebration ‘hijacked by Nazis’: Outrage as visitors to WWII remembrance event defy ban on SS uniformsMay 20, 2013
Hong Kong amateur historian unearths site of #WWII crash that could solve 68-year-old riddle of missing US war planesMay 20, 2013
WWII Weekend – ‘Dig for Victory’- 1st/2nd June 2013May 20, 2013
Visitors flout ban on wearing Nazi uniforms to WWII eventMay 20, 2013
Periscopes Are Returned To WWII Submarine In GosportMay 20, 2013
Admiral Sir John Bush, who has died aged 98, was one of only a score of officers to win three Distinguished Service CrossesMay 20, 2013
The Man with the BOMB – Why Robert Oppenheimer haunts us stillMay 20, 2013
