Victory in Europe Day, or VE Day, commemorates the end of the Second World War in Europe and took place on 8th May 1945 bringing WW2 in the West to an end. Much of Europe lay in waste, Germany was in ruins, and millions had died on the battlefield or killed by Nazi genocide. More […]
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Today hundreds gathered in Sinyavino, Russia, to bury 602 Soviet soldiers who died defending Leningrad during a bloody siege. Their remains were found by volunteers, seven decades after their death. Source: Remains of 602 World War II Soviet soldiers are re-buried | Daily Mail Online
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The Battle for Arnhem in September 1944 is an action closely associated with the British 1st Airborne Division and their heroic struggle for Arnhem Bridge and fighting in the Oosterbeek Perimeter. The units within this Airborne formation were all from the British Army and at the time Operation Market Garden was taking place the Canadian Forces […]
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Immortalised in the film A Bridge Too Far, Operation Market Garden was General Bernard Montgomery‘s bold plan in September 1944 to advance more than 80 miles into enemy held territory in the Netherlands, by moving up a narrow corridor of roads using ground troops, and then drop Allied Airborne forces at key points along the way […]
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Growing up in the 1970s the Second World War was ever present. Even though it had ended nearly 30 years ago, it touched almost every facet of my childhood. Comics like Battle and Victor carried story after story of the war, the few television channels we had then were filled with films about WW2, my […]
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Colour photographs in a new book from the Imperial War Museums vividly bring to life moments from WW2 including troops in training and Winston Churchill and his chiefs of staff. Source: The Second World War in colour | Daily Mail Online
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Omaha Beach was one of five Normandy beaches where Allied troops landed on D-Day, 6th June 1944. It was also the deadliest with more than 2,000 American troops killed in action here with many thousands more wounded: and as such, it became known as ‘Bloody Omaha’. In fact, more Allied soldiers died on Omaha Beach […]
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In April 1945 the end of the war was only weeks away but for the Allied troops in Germany, there was no obvious end in sight. In the four weeks since the crossing of the Rhine, Lieutenant General Alexander Patch’s US Seventh Army had pushed deep into southern Germany, but not without opposition. Now the […]
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Following the landings at Salerno in September 1943, in what was known as Operation Avalanche, British Commandos came ashore on the flanks of the British beaches and then moved inland to secure the roads and mountain passes in the direction of Naples, the vital port the Allies would need to resupply their troops as the […]
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When the Soviet Union was invaded during Operation Barbarossa in June 1941, the Russian forces suffered heavy losses in men, material and tanks. Great Britain now no longer stood alone and found an Ally in Russia, so a move was made to supply the Soviet Union with Tanks not just as a symbol of their […]
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