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Aircrew of No. 106 Squadron photographed in front of a Lancaster at Syerston, Nottinghamshire, on the morning after the raids on Genoa, 22-23 October 1942. Crews of No 106 Squadron…
Major General Matthew B. Ridgway, Commanding General, 82nd Airborne Division, and staff, overlooking the battlefield near Ribera, Sicily, 25 July 1943
Major General Matthew B. Ridgway (center), Commanding General, 82nd Airborne Division, and staff, overlooking the battlefield near Ribera, Sicily, 25 July 1943. Each officer wears the distinctive jump jacket and…
Horrors of War: Troops string wire past 4 dead horses which were killed along with 5 German soldiers
Troops string wire past 4 dead German artillery horses which were killed along with 5 German soldiers when an American artillery burst caught them as the horses were being hitched…
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Russian team members dig out a box containing the remains of four Soviet Union soldiers on the Huoshao Mountain in Muling City, northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province, May 12, 2015. A…
Enemies during WW2, Best Friends After – Help Reunion & Documentary get Realized
A crowdfunding campaign has launched to reunite two World War II veterans who fought against each other during the war and became as close as brothers after the war. The…
The Nazi Euthanasia Program (Aktion T4)
Before the most gruesome aspects of the Holocaust, Germany began to implement other ways of “cleansing” its population. One of the programs used for such purposes was called Aktion T4 (though the…
WWI & WWII Movies
Joe Stilwell was known as “Vinegar Joe” for his abrasive personality. A 1904 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy in... Seven Australian soldiers who fought and died during the Battle of Fromelles in France during World…
Midair Collision of 2 RAAF Bristol Beauforts at Jervis Bay in 1943
On April 14, 1943, three World War II Beauforts from the Royal Australian Air Force were performing a low pass for the media. However during a breakup formation it all…
Erwin Rommel assumes command of the Atlantikwall
In the latter half of 1943, two of World War II’s most colorful and charismatic senior commanders, General George S. Patton, Jr. and Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the “Desert Fox,” were both…
Lt.Cmdr. David Balme, captor of first Enigma, passed away
David Balme, the Royal Navy Officer who seized a top-secret Enigma machine and codebook while storming a captured German U-Boat has died at the age of 95. Lieutenant Commander David Balme, who…
