On the moonlit night of 14 November 1940 the old city of Coventry was destroyed and a new word was invented 'Coventration'. Over 500 German...
I was trying to find a Canadian subcategory in the list of countries and groups involved in WWII but couldn't see one! Maybe a new addition could...
On Friday September first 1939, I and many hundreds of children were assembled at Napier Rd School in East Ham and marched along the High Street...
The harsh life of a 'lumberjill' By Caroline Mallan BBC News Women who worked the land during World War II to keep Britain supplied with...
Just to beef up the British submarine section, here are some more photos I saved while doing the Thetis/Thunderbolt thread. They were quite well...
Just wanting to know if anyone had some good references that could be used in relation to the Empire Air Training Scheme that involved British,...
Posted in The War Illustrated back in November 1941. Much have we read and listened to concerning the splendid achievements of the flying crews...
Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk discovered Sulfanilamide arond 1936, and it became a soldiers saviour during the second world war, American soldiers...
Wx5VTJhmq5I Battle of Britain combat and dogfights
YouTube - Battle of Britain
Yes, Greece has a navy, and it was put into use during world war 2! (it was around before ww2 though!) The Hellenic Royal Navy in fact became...
I was wondering because on a trip to England I went though the tunnels in the white cliffs of Dover. Although it was a reinactment it did seem...
The Mass Observation Project gives us arguably one of the best records of how the war effected 'ordinary' peoples lives. Ive just finished...
Hi I am trying to collect together any information about the women who joined the MTC. They seem to have been largely forgotton and there...
Preparations for Operation Sealion, the intended German invasion of Britain, included experiments with amphibious tanks. [IMG]
Born in Lille on November 22, 1 890, de Gaulle graduated with distinction from St Cyr Military Academy. He was commissioned into the 33rd Infantry...
The OKW had never seriously considered an invasion of Britain in 1939. On July 16, 1940 Hitler issued Directive No 16 stating that an invasion was...
During the occupation over 5,000 Dutchmen joined the Waffen - SS, serving in the Panzergrenadier Division "Nederland", and a further 54,000...
Does anyone know what the typical rations were for an American at home during WWII? How did they compare to the rations issued in Britain or...
Hello I have always been a fan of good war documentaries. I like to fall asleep to documentaries pretty much every night. For a while I was...