[img] 10,152 German graves Originally, Orglandes was a provisional cemetery, set up by the Americans after the advance on Cherbourg from...
[img] 598 graves: 569 British, 16 Canadian, 6 Australian, 1 New Zealander, 5 South African, 1 American The entrance is side-ways on and...
[img] 2,562 graves: 2,151 British, 76 Canadian, 1 Australian, 1 Belgian, 322 German, 2 unknown Near the site of the historic Pegasus...
There are 2,049 graves in this cemetery: 2,044 are Canadian, 4 British and 1 French. [IMG] In 1944 provisional cemeteries were set up near...
Another site chosen by the United States as a permanent cemetery in France was Saint James. The choice made, symbolised General Patton's famous...
Its amazing that after all these years that finds like this still happen, thou it makes you wonder why it took so long when it was common...
Late in the night of April 30/May 1, 1940, a German Heinkel III bomber was heard circling low over the town of Clacton-on-Sea. It had been...
A major factor in the success of the Allies from the second half of 1941 onwards was the cracking of the Enigma machine. Enigma was the name of a...
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As in most wars, disease and accidents were more common in World War II than battle wounds. Two-thirds of hospital admissions—on both...
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From BBC News site today: BBC NEWS | UK | Audio Slideshow: D-Day and Auschwitz from the air
The two-pen Scorff bunker at Lorient in the final stages of construction. The left pen still being protected by a coffer dam. The raised central...
I am one of those people that seem to fewer these day. I am a veteran of D Day and am now 86 years old. I forst saw you web site 2006. Jim can...
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In the news: [IMG] [supersize picture] BBC NEWS | England | Somerset | Experts detonate WWII beach mine Comment from one news site : The bay...
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