I came across this in Friday''s local paper (rough translation) and thought it might have a British connection: On June 27 1944, 15 men were shot...
Thought I'd post this in 1940 (mods please move if appropriate) Bert Evans D Coy 2nd Bn Royal Warwickshire Regiment has died, age 92 The funeral...
73 years ago today, 97 members of the British Expeditionary Force were executed after they had been captured by German forces. It seemed fitting...
hi i am looking for photoes of my great uncle joey burns who was one of the 99 killed at le paradis on may 27th 1940 he was with the royal norfolk reg
In memory of those soldiers of the 82nd Airborne and civilians who lost their lives at Graignes, Normandy, 11 June 1944....
I'm looking to connect with family or friends of Captain Alexander Hunter. My grandfather was friends with him, he is mentioned in at least one...
My interest in the above is in research into the events leading up to and after the massacre - well documented in Private Pulley's Revenge and...
[IMG] [IMG] Ironically, although Peipers tactical knowhow had kept him alive through 5 years of combat in France, Italy and Russia, he made...
Unpunished Massacre in Italy: How Postwar Germany Let War Criminals Go Free - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International Roxy
The Flemish language 'De Standaard' newspaper is reporting raids on six residences occupied by former members of SS Das Reich with possible...
I am writing a novel I call Enemy in the Mirror about the Pacific war as seen from both sides. Unraveling what the actual awareness of Japanese...
The Hiroshima Files - Slide Show - NYTimes.com "The 'Little Boy' that devastated Hiroshima in 1945 altered the Earth’s axis, while also (albeit...
As im new to this forum do forgive me for starting a thread about a film and one that officially is not about WW2 as it takes place in 1937/38....
Nazi murdering of innocent villagers in Kondomari, Crete was one of many guided by Nazi blood lust throughout the island. The details of this...
A rare occurence. ..........both the event itself and the fact that Allied troops were actually charged. Following the capture of the Biscari...
Your thoughts? Reading through the 2nd Glosters war diary trying to find the action of MacKenzie's 2nd Military Cross I came across quite a few...
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The controversy over this issue never really subsides, but the approaching 65th anniversary does (at least in my opinion) justify a new thread....
I was on vacation last week and as usual rented a cottage in Port Elgin, Ontario on the beach. The weather was fantastic this year and the lake...
Massacre at Graignes. Went on a ride (8 miles) to the village of Graignes where during World War 2 a little known massacre took place. [IMG] [IMG]...
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