That's a great source to have for learning more about history and your family at the same time. I can only imagine how hard it must have been for...
Das Boot got me interested in them as well. Those paintings are really great renditions, especially the underwater ones where you can see the full...
I know what you mean about looking at the pictures. I can stare at these kind of photos thinking about what it would have been like to be a...
I also remember hearing that quite a few of them are still capable of flying although I don't know how keen I'd be in testing it out. It was neat...
Yeah I was a bit shocked by the misogyny of the first post to be honest. I think it was more than fair to expect women to work and contribute...
A Canadian pilot hailing from Owen Sound, Ontario, Billy Bishop was accredited with 72 aerial victories, the highest to date for any British pilot...
Yep Ricardo, I think many Canadian students like yourself and myself are taught that Billy Bishop was the one to finally bring the Baron down....
It wouldn't surprise me if Hitler drew inspiration from the British concentration camps but he definitely took it steps further than what occurred...
I haven't read much regarding female Russian partisan groups. Do you have anymore information regarding their activities during the war Jim or did...
I didn't know if there was a better place to fit this thread but Western Europe could possibly be extended to North America as well I suppose....
The Nazis were pretty disgusted with pretty much everyone but there was definitely a pretty big step for them between killing 'sub-humans' and...
There were entire social and cultural structures in place that made it easier than many would imagine for the Nazis to construct eugenics-inspired...
In reading about Blitzkrieg it really shows that Germany's strategy was completely unlike anything before its time and no matter how dedicated the...
That's a really great collection of pictures there. I had never heard of Szyk before but I've always kept a folder of propaganda posters and art...
I had heard of this before (read it in some article a while back and always remembered it because it was so strange) but one part that wasn't...
Thanks for the great resource here Jim. I skimmed through most of it because it's so comprehensive but am glad to know where to find such an exact...
Very nice thread and a good read. I've only read a little bit about Pegasus Bridge and seeing those pictures was especially great. I'd love to be...
I've been to this museum a few times with my father actually and spent a long time looking at the Lancaster bombers. They really are impressive...
I think there is but am not absolutely sure. There are a lot of graves for American soldiers and considering that Canadians were a major part of...
I've always naturally been drawn more to learning about WWII but am definitely open to reading more about the First World War so would check this...