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Jul2019

Unmarked graves of the only British soldiers who died in Germany between WW1 & WW2

As the long period of public remembrance and reflection marking the centenary of the outbreak and the bloody course of WW1 comes to an end, it is worth highlighting a particular commemorative plight arising from the British government’s decision to determine 31 August 1921 as the official end of the war. This is an account of the British Army’s indifference to the plight of the only British soldiers, 30 of them, who died in Germany whilst implementing conditions of the Treaty of Peace, and who lie buried in Europe without any form of commemoration or recognition.

Jun2019

WW2 Nation about Erwin Rommel and the German invasion of the west

After some time of not making new videos, WW2 Nation started a new series of video documentaries on their YouTube channel. In this series the British team members visit the location of Hitler's invasion of Belgium and France during the spring of 1940. Below you can watch the first episode, in which the role of Erwin Rommel during the German invasion of the west is described.

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Jun2019

WW2 Youtube Series - June 22, 1940 - Nazi Europe?!

New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.

Jun2019

WW2 Youtube Series - June 15, 1940 - Britain Votes to Leave

New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.

Jun2019

Rough Guides follows in the footsteps of the liberators

On 1 July 2019 Liberation Route Europe Foundation and Rough Guides present a travel book about the liberation of Europe during World War II, titled Travel the Liberation Route Europe. The book covers hundreds of locations through regions in nine different countries, focusing on the liberation routes of the Allied advance. TracesOfWar.com asked the authors, Nick Inman and Joe Staines some questions by e-mail.

Jun2019

Photo and video report D-Day 75 years [update!]

You can’t have missed that yesterday and today in Normandy the allied invasion of 6 June 1944, 75 years ago, is commemorated. TracesOfWar.com is there. Below an impression. More photos will follow later.

Jun2019

WW2 Youtube Series - June 1, 1940 - Brexit at Dunkirk

New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.

May2019

How art treasures were hidden from Hitler

The story of how a quarry in north Wales was used to store priceless works of art during World War Two.

May2019

WW2 Youtube Series - May 18, 1940 - Blitzkrieg in the West

New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.

May2019

Troops' horror at stench of 1,016 burned bodies after WW2 death camp massacre

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES. More than a thousand labour camp inmates – who’d already suffered the privations of the death marches as the allies advanced – had been literally, and deliberately, roasted alive by the residents of Gardelegen

May2019

WW2 Nation starts new series on YouTube with a visit to fortress Eben-Emael

May2019

WW2 Youtube Series - May 11, 1940 - Hitler Strikes in the West

New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.

May2019

V-E Day 1945: The celebration heard ’round the world

V-E Day, May 8, commemorates the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allied forces in 1945, ending World War II in Europe.

May2019

Russian World War 2 veteran, 100, calls for peace on Victory Day

Centenarian World War Two veteran Nikolay Bagayev will be among Russians across the country commemorating the anniversary of the war's end on Thursday. He told his story to his granddaughter, Reuters Moscow bureau reporter Olesya Astakhova.

May2019

Historicus en Churchill-biograaf John Lukacz overleden

De in Hongarije geboren schrijver vluchtte in de jaren veertig naar de Verenigde Staten. Hij schreef meer dan dertig boeken, onder meer over zijn held Winston Churchill.

May2019

D-Day 75th anniversary: Where in U.S. to honor, learn about World War II invasion

A guide to U.S. museums and memorials that will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in World War II.

May2019

Dutch queen 'considered Nazi swap for royals'

As World War Two neared an end, Dutch Queen Wilhelmina was asked to help save Belgium's royal family.

Apr2019

'Ghost Army' veterans recall secret World War Two decoy mission

Surviving veterans of the secret ‘Ghost Army’ tasked with fooling Nazi forces about the location of allied troops have been recalling their extraordinary role in World War Two.

Apr2019

World War 2 Youtube Series - April 27, 1940

New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.

Apr2019

North Americans Don’t Know Much About World War II’s Holocaust Anymore

A disturbing number of North Americans — especially younger millennials — don’t know much about the Holocaust. And they vastly underestimate the number of Jews murdered.

Apr2019

WWII shipwreck found off coast of Victoria

The final resting place of an Australian freighter torpedoed by a Japanese submarine more than seven decades ago has been discovered off the coast of Victoria.

Apr2019

Rare pictures of Adolf Hitler show him as a 34-year-old at the dawn of the Nazi Party

Hitler on the brink of power: Rare pictures of the Nazi leader as he assembled his maniacal team in the 1920s taken by his personal photographer are uncovered at the National Archives.

Apr2019

This Was Europe’s Last World War II Battle (After It Ended?)

The small town of Odžak is nestled between the Bosna and Sava rivers, in the north of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. To the north and east, a handful of villages spread over the plains, while to the south and west a few shallow inclines lead into the foothills of Vuèjak Mountain.