What are the best sources to see where my father served in WWII? His stories include tales of the Philippines, Okinawa, and Japan. He was a T-5...
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They called him “Dead Eye Plotnikov,” and he was the man h s regiment commander called for as the last resort. This remarkable Russian bomber...
The Luftwaffe protective flight suit used by air crews for flights in hot or summer weather. Also shown are dark brown leather gauntlets, other...
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There is a black and white picture in the aircrew transit lounge of Gander International Airport of this aircraft on ferry or transiting through...
[IMG] The Last Drop In a daring attempt to end the war by Christmas, Winston Churchill and the British High Command hatch an extraordinary...
The most famous decoration in the world, the highest of its kind, the Victoria Cross is but an ounce of bronze. But the award itself is without...
In London On Sunday December 3, 1944, over 7,000 Home Guards, drawn from all over Britain, marched past H.M the King, who took the farewell...
Mosquitoes were as deadly as the Japanese. These insects were as dangerous as what the Japanese were and put the lives of the fighting men in...
The concept of a Pathfinder force to lead the way for the bombers was opposed by Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris because the expert pilots and...
Captain Ian Quarrie, on Motor Torpedo Boat 670, was speeding up the east coast of Sicily towards the Strait of Messina when he encountered a...
Nineteen-year-old Tanya Chernova had once dreamed of becoming a ballerina. But after serving as a partisan in her native Belorussia, she made her...
"Except possibly for a few last shots, the Battle of London is over," declared Mr. Duncan Sandys, M.P. Chairman of the War Cabinet Committee on...
Thomas Currie Derrick, (1914-1945), vineyard worker and soldier, was born on 20 March 1914 in the Salvation Army hospital at Medindie, Adelaide,...
Valentine Scorpion III, 22nd Dragoons, 79th Armoured Division, Suffolk, January 1944 Events moved so fast once the mine-clearing flail tank was...
Notes from my Diaries Wednesday 2nd. May 1945 Jerry threw his hand in Italy and Austria. Fired all our 2" mortars, phosphorous bombs and verey...
Much well merited praise was often bestowed on the fine output of the Army film and Photographic unit and that of the official photographers...
The Luftwaffe in Russia was said to be so deficient in fighter planes in 1943 that bomber formations operated with little fighter escort; the...
Hitler’s portrait is displayed in a Mercedes automobile showroom in Munich in 1935. From the early days of the Nazi movement, Hitler travelled in...