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Dutch Man Cared for Grave of American Paratrooper Since He Was 13

A new film is being made about a Dutch man who has tended the grave of a West Virginian World War Two soldier for more…

10 You Should Know About The End Of WWII in the Netherlands

end of WWII in Netherlands

After being invaded by the Germans on May 10th 1940 and the surrender on May 15th 1940 the Netherlands faced 4 grim years of occupation.…

Past students honoured at Margraten War Cemetery, Netherlands

Teachers and students from Omaha Central High School in the US have made a one-off unique trip on the journey that former students of the…

WWII Douglas C-47 Rescued by CAF

A plane that played a crucial role in WWII by leading the D-Day invasion has been discovered in a scrapyard in United States. The fate…

Memorial Day commemoration held at the Normandy American Cemetery

A Memorial Day commemoration ceremony had taken place at the Normandy American Cemetery in northern France. The ceremony commemorates all of those soldiers who took…

Plaque for Nijmegen bridge in honour of World War Two troops

Nijmegen

Nijmegen, a city in the east of the Netherlands bordering Germany, is looking to commemorate 70 years since the end of World War Two with…

Frontline World War II photo album found

Ian Harvey
World War II

While serving in WWII, Frank Tomlinson, a Royal Artillery soldier with the 74th Field Regiment, took over 1000 photos chronicling his life on the front…

Veterans Get Support to Attend Operation Market Garden’s 70th Anniversary

Lloyds staff, Church green East branch, are working at raising £10,000 to send at least 70 WWII veterans of the Parachute Regimental Association’s Redditch branch together with…

Operation Market Garden 2014 – Get your men on board!

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Would you like to participate in a historic event, together with hundreds of enthusiastic WWII vehicle owners, re-enactors and paratroopers? The enlistment period for Operation…

A Bullet Lodged in Arnhem Veteran Body is Found After Death

Jack Mansell was a World War II Arnhem veteran who recently passed away. When workers in the funeral parlor cremated the body, they were surprised…

Glider Infantryman Survived Operation Market Garden and Battle of the Bulge

Ian Harvey

Carlson, the youngest of four children, grew up in Garwood, N.J. where he lived with his Swedish immigrant parents. Before the start of the war,…

WITH THE RED DEVILS AT ARNHEM – Review by Mark Barnes

Mark Barnes

WITH THE RED DEVILS AT ARNHEM Personal Experiences with the 1st Polish Parachute Brigade 1944 By Marek Swiecicki Translated from Polish by HC Stevens Additional…