Photographing the Final Days of World War II in Germany
Archival images from the last weeks of World War II, taken by an American Army combat photographer during a push across eastern France into southern Germany ...
Conscription age range for men in UK if WW3 breaks out
In WW2, conscription began for men aged between 20 to 22 in 1939, up to six months before the war actually broke out. The UK ...
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Nazi Germany Once Tried to Build an Aircraft Carrier. It Didn’t End Well.
Unlike the Japanese carrier fleet, the Kriegsmarine envisioned using the Graf Zeppelin in a support capacity for the wider ...
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New exhibition honouring Worcestershire soldiers in WW2
A new exhibition honouring Worcestershire soldiers who played a key role in a pivotal World War2 operation has opened to the public.
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Tech 5 Harold C. Richards
Tech 5 Harold Curwen Richards was killed in action in Tunisia on Feb. 14, 1943, according to his grave marker. In 1948, he ...
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The Lost People: how an immersive play became a 1940s British film about wartime displacement
Based on an avant-garde wartime play, The Lost People was scripted by the pioneering filmmaker Muriel Box (who also directed some sequences) and presents an unusual depiction of the turmoil of ...
80 years ago the Allies found their bridge across the Rhine
The capture of the bridge at Remagen, a surprisingly intact path into Germany, helped U.S. troops hasten the end of World War ...
68 Fascinating Old Photos That Taught Me More About History Than Any History Class
68.And finally, this is the oldest photograph ever taken. Nicéphore Niépce took the photo from his window in France in 1826.