19Sep
Maximilian Lerner, Whose Espionage Skills Helped Win a War, Dies at 98
An Austrian immigrant, he was one of the so-called Ritchie Boys, who were trained at a secret Army intelligence camp to serve in World War II.
19Sep
Germany to rebuild bridge over Rhine that collapsed during WW2
Appeal for funds to rebuild bridge at Remagen destroyed after capture by US troops in final days of war
17Sep
Newsflash Commemoration Eerde Saturday September 17, 2022
The annual commemoration of Operation Market Garden was held on Saturday 17 September 2022 at the Geronimo monument and the Eerdse Molen in Eerde. Mayor Kees van Rooij and some American dignitaries from the embassy and the 101st Airborne Division gave a speech and wreaths were laid at the monument.
17Sep
Newsflash Commemoration Son Saturday 17 September 2022
The annual commemoration of Operation Market Garden was held at the Parachutist monument in Son on Saturday September 17, 2022. Mayor Hans Gaillard gave a speech and flowers were laid at the monument. Reenactors and the Andrew Sisters created a nice atmosphere around the commemoration. The encampment of the reenactors can still be seen on the Oranjeveld in Son until Sunday the 18th.
29Aug
D-day tribute or theme park? Battle rages over Normandy plan
Critics say €90m project would reduce allied landing to a money-spinning tourist attraction
28Aug
World War 2 Youtube Series - 209 - Kharkov Changes Hands for the Fourth Time - WW2 - August 27, 1943
New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.
10Jul
Photo report memorials to the crews of two Short Stirlings in Montfoort
On Wednesday 29 June 2022, two new memorials were unveiled in Montfoort to the crews of two Short Stirling bombers that crashed here during the Second World War.
25Jun
Explorers find the world's deepest shipwreck four miles under the Pacific
The USS Destroyer Escort Samuel B. Roberts, known as the Sammy B., is the world's deepest shipwreck. It has been located at a depth of 6,895 meters (22,621 feet) in the Philippine Sea -- more than four miles deep -- by explorer Victor Vescovo.
13Jun
Photo report unveiling memorial Lancaster DS818
On 13 June 2022 a memorial was unveiled in Nunspeet for the crew of Avro Lancaster II DS818 JI-Q 'Maggie' of RAF 514 Sqdn. The aircraft had taken off from Waterbeach base in England for an attack on Gelsenkirchen. On June 13, 1944 during the return flight the aircraft was shot down by a German night fighter at the Oosteinderweg in Nunspeet. Four British crew members were killed. They are buried at the General Cemetery East in Nunspeet.
Apr2022
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.
Apr2022
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.
Apr2022
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.
Feb2022
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.
Feb2022
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.
Feb2022
'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.
Feb2022
Ghost Army, a World War II Master of Deception, Finally Wins Recognition
President Biden signed a bill that bestows the Congressional Gold Medal to the members of “a traveling roadshow of deception” that built inflatable tanks and trucks to trick the Germans.
Jan2022
World War 2 Youtube Series - Sniper Warrior - Vasily Zaitsev - WW2 Biography 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.
Dec2021
Candles on War Graves
It has been a good practice for several years now to place candles on war graves on Christmas Eve. Here is an impression of the lights on the Airborne cemetery in Oosterbeek.
Dec2021
World War 2 Youtube Series - How Hitler, Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin Spent Christmas
New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.
Dec2021
World War 2 Youtube Series - The Titanic Struggle for Reunion Island - 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.
Nov2021
British soldiers in Helmond, the Netherlands
Helmond is a town in the south of the Netherlands, just east of Eindhoven. It was liberated on the 25th of September 1944 during one of the flanking operations of operation Market Garden. After its liberation, the town was used as a rest centre for allied soldiers, mainly British. They where quartered in schools, but mostly at the homes of the civilians. Some signed their names on pieces of paper, others sent lengthy letters after they left. We've compiled a list of names that we came across and encourage British family members to contact us.
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