Whilst reading an excellent Wartime Log from David Lane, http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/prisoners-war/44760-prisoners-lament.html It reminded me...
To mark the 70th anniversary of the raid on St Nazaire there is a parade and service in Falmouth on Sunday 25th March. The Parade gathers on The...
"What General Weygand called the Battle of France is over. I expect that the Battle of Britain is about to begin. Upon this battle depends the...
Liberated today in 1945. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] 'Lest we forget.' Stan.
Today, members of the Royal British Legion, Berlin Branch, together with the Naval Attache and member of staff attended Sachsenhausen...
An American friend sent this to me. It captures the celebration in downtown Honolulu. VJ Day, Honolulu Hawaii, August 14, 1945 on Vimeo Cheers
Today is the anniversay of the ill-fated landings at Dieppe. Wikipedia devotes some space to the subject of German advance knowledge of the...
Jonathan Moffatt of the Malayan Volunteers Group (Malayan Volunteers Group |) alerts me to a nice item on ITV local TV news about an event for...
The controversy over this issue never really subsides, but the approaching 65th anniversary does (at least in my opinion) justify a new thread....
On Sunday myself and other members of the Royal British Legion, Berlin Branch, visited Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp to commemorate the 65th...
A most pleasant VE Day to all, especially the veterans among us. Here is a link to a recording of Edward R. Murrow's announcement. (If someone...
On Sunday 19th April 2009 there was a commemoration to the liberation of the Concentration camp, Sachsenhausen, 64 years previously in 1945 by the...
NEW YORK (AP) -- A 90-year-old who says she's the woman being kissed by a sailor in Times Square in one of World War II's most famous photographs...
Didn't get to Dieppe until the 25th. Good little museum there to the raid. Had to use my French to buy a new tyre, didn't need to though as the...
After their major exertions on 15 and 16 August the Germans paused to recover on 17 August but returned in force the next day with 750 sorties....
Tomorrow is the 63rd anniversary of D Day. I have just seen an old D day mate from the First Suffolks this morning. We both agreed that to day we...
1945 : The U.S. army liberates Buchenwald concentration camp On this day in 1945, the American Third Army liberates the Buchenwald concentration...
On this day:May 31st 1944 Allied breakthrough in Italy 1942 Luftwaffe bombs Canterbury 1941 41 U boats sink this month (325,000 ton)...
You may find this information about BRITISH POWS IN AUSCHWITZ's subcamp interesting http://www.pap.com.pl/auschwitz/materialy_brytyjczycy-en.doc
The broadcaster is marking Holocaust Memorial Day, January 27, with a variety of television and radio programs....
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