Introduction RAF Bomber Command aircrews suffered a very high casualty rate. More than 57,000 of the 125,000 airmen who flew with ...
Ernst Pawlas (1920-2004) served in the Jäger-regiment 49 on the Eastern Front during World War Two. After the war he ...
Diary from January 1, 1944 of Unteroffizier Kurt Kröger, member of 1. Kompanie Grenadier- Regiment 422 of the Rheinl.-Westf. 126. ...
The following story is an eyewitness account of the Texel tragedy. It is a relatively unknown uprising of Georgians stationed ...
Origins The story of [bioid]67079,Edward Cornelius Martin Swart[/bioid] began on October 9, 1920 in the village Wath upon Dearne, South Yorkshire, ...
Emile Tielman was born on February 5, 1916 in Mojokerto, on the Indonesian island of Java. After World War II ...
On 25 September 1944 Helmond was liberated by British troops. Soon the whole town changed into a rest centre, an ...
Introduction The Dutch Frisian Islands are the most northern part of The Netherlands. During the war more than 350 Commonwealth killed ...
While researching the 257 Corps Delivery Squadron, we stumbled on this booklet. A poem written by Lieutenant R.M.D. Lynes to ...
George Wilson served in the 7th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division. In October 1944, his division was involved ...
Diary entries & photographs from September 1944 – December 1946 (+ supporting Service Record notes from 1940 – 1946) [img]18215[/img] Introduction In the ...
During the Second World War pressure began to mount on German cities as a result of the allied bombing campaign, ...
Some short statements by Karl Dönitz about Hitler's death and the German capitulation. Dönitz was commander-in-chief of the Kriegsmarine from ...
The following true story is written by Jack Hersch, son of Holocaust survivor Dave Hersch. He has written a book ...
The text below was pronounced by Adolf Hitler on the German radio at 1:00 a.m. on 21 July 1944, after ...
