Specials
- Article by Gerd Van der Auwera
- Published on April 19th, 2013
Battle for Fort Eben-Emael
- Article by Robert Mueller
- Published on June 27th, 2019
Czech resistance and the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich
- Article by Wesley Dankers
- Published on November 14th, 2015
Hess, Rudolf
- Article by Samuel de Korte
- Published on February 5th, 2022
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30Apr
Resistance fighter identified almost 80 years after World War II
Almost 80 years after he was arrested and disappeared during World War II, the remains of resistance fighter Cornelis Pieter Kreukniet have been identified. The DNA of a second cousin has determined that the remains that were excavated in 1947 from an anonymous grave on the Waalsdorpervlakte are Kreukniet, the Ministry of Defense reported on Saturday.
9Apr
World War 2 Youtube Series - Bicycle - Can You Put a Gun on It? - WW2 Special
New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.
7Apr
World War 2 Youtube Series - The German Art of Bunker Building - WW2 Special
New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.
26Feb
British veterans visit the Airborne Museum
On Saturday 26 February 2022, a group of British veterans visited the Airborne Museum in Oosterbeek. The renovated museum would be opened by them on March 13, 2020. That didn't happen in the nick of time because the first lockdown related to Corona came into force on that day.
11Feb
World War 2 Youtube Series - Eat the Nazis, There’s Nothing Else - WAH 052 - February 1943, Pt. 1
New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.
10Feb
'Auschwitz tattoo kit' claim put in doubt by Yad Vashem
The auction of tools said to have been used to brand prisoners caused uproar among Holocaust groups.
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