24Dec
Photo report Candles on Airborne War Cemetery Airborne Cemetery Oosterbeek
The restrictions regarding Covid-19 did not prevent a small group of volunteers to place candles on the graves on Christmas Eve at the Airborne Cemetery in Oosterbeek.
23Dec
World War 2 Youtube Series - Kido Butai: Terror of the Pacific - 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.
21Dec
Christmas during the Dutch winter famine of 1944
In 1944, Christmas was celebrated for the sixth time since the Second World War had broken out on September 1, 1939. Men who often shared the same religious background fought each other to the death in sharp contrast with the old Christmas message of Peace on Earth. Christmas under Fire, 1944 tells about this last war time Christmas. Below an excerpt from this book. This part is about the Dutch winter famine of 1944.
19Dec
Pearl Harbor in Real Time special - Episodes 01-10 - December 7, 1941
New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long. This is the Pearl Harbor in real time special, broadcasted on December 7, 2020.
14Dec
Christmas far from home, GI’s in Europa during the Holidays of 1944
In 1944, Christmas was celebrated for the sixth time since the Second World War had broken out on September 1, 1939. Men who often shared the same religious background fought each other to the death in sharp contrast with the old Christmas message of Peace on Earth. Christmas under Fire, 1944 tells about this last war time Christmas. Below an excerpt from this book. This part is about how American GI’s shared Christmas with the Europeans that were liberated by them and about the tragedy with the Léopoldville.
13Dec
In memory of a Polish prisoner of war
Na pamiatke od polskiego jenca wojennego – In memory of a Polish prisoner of war, that's what Lieutenant Franciszek Bodzioch wrote to Mrs. Woerdeman on March 11, 1942. Across it a stamp with Geprüft Oflag II E 15. The card had passed censorship.
7Dec
Kriegsweihnacht 1944, Christmas and Nazi propaganda
In 1944, Christmas was celebrated for the sixth time since the Second World War had broken out on September 1, 1939. Men who often shared the same religious background fought each other to the death in sharp contrast with the old Christmas message of Peace on Earth. Christmas under Fire, 1944 tells about this last war time Christmas. Below an excerpt from this book. This part is about how Christmas was used in Nazi propaganda.
4Dec
World War 2 Youtube Series - A Japanese Bureaucratic Mess - 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.
2Dec
World War 2 Youtube Series - The Nazis: Most Notorious Art Thieves in History - 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.
29Nov
World War 2 Youtube Series - Winter is here? The Germans can see Moscow - WW2 - 118 - November 28, 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.
18Nov
World War 2 Youtube Series - Deception and Dust-ups - Desert Warfare Tactics - 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.
13Nov
World War 2 Youtube Series - Pearl Harbor- Minute by Minute - Official Teaser!
New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.
4Nov
World War 2 Youtube Series - How Mighty is the Red Army? - 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.
29Oct
World War 2 Youtube Series - Cranking This War Up to Eleven - Hideki Tojo
New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.
Oct2020
World War 2 Youtube Series - The Wehrmacht is Not Clean! - War Against Humanity 020
New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.
Oct2020
Largest WWII bomb in Poland explodes while being defused
The Tallboy bomb, used by the RAF, is thought to be the biggest ever discovered in the country.
Oct2020
World War 2 Youtube Series - The Rape of Humanity at Babi Yar - War Against Humanity 019
New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.
Sep2020
World War 2 Youtube Series - Free from the Nazi Occupation - but for how long can it last?
New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.
Sep2020
World War 2 Youtube Series - Resistance is Futile in Nazi Europe - War Against Humanity 018
New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.
Sep2020
World War 2 Youtube Series - The Man in Monty's Shadow - Claude Auchinleck - WW2 Biography
New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.
Sep2020
The strong faith of RAF veteran John Henry Meller
TracesOfWar employee Wijnand de Gelder recently reviewed the book The Boy With Only One Shoe by RAF veteran John Henry Meller (1924). In his early youth, at the age of three, the writer was severely burned with third-degree burns by boiling water. Here, according to his own words, he had a near-death experience: he saw a glowing light and a staircase far into the clouds. As he climbed and climbed he saw a kind of angel in a gate. He didn't want to let him enter heaven: You can't come in - because you only have one shoe!
Sep2020
World War 2 Youtube Series - Tanks of the Red Army in 1941: Medium and Heavy Tanks
New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.
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