The Blitz (September 7, 1940–May 11, 1941), bombing campaign undertaken by Nazi Germany against Britain during World War II. For eight months planes of the Luftwaffe dropped bombs on London and other strategic cities. The offensive came to be called the
An apartment house on 107th Street in New York City is decorated for celebration at the end of World War II (V-J Day). A V-J Day rally in New York City's Little Italy on September 2, 1945. Local residents set fire to a heap of crates to celebrate the Japanese surrender at the ...
I've never seen a museum focus much on the home front during World War 2. I knew about rationing, but who knew people used to save used cooking fats for the war effort? Would be a great place to take kids since so much was interactive....
This tour includes: World War II scultures & memorials Černín and Petschkův Palace Former villas of R.Heydrich and K.H.Frank in Panenské Břežany Army Muzeum Žižkov Crypt of St.Cyril & Methodius Church Jewish Town The Army Museum Žižkov is open ...
Pawiak Prison – during the years of the Second World War it was the largest German political prison on the territory of occupied Poland. The former Jewish Ghetto, The Ghetto Heroes Monument and the Museum of the history of Polish Jews – you need to know that Warsaw in 1939 year was the...
To quote the Imperial War Museum,“During the whole war, 51% of aircrew were killed on operations, 12% were killed or wounded in non-operational accidents and 13% became prisoners of war or evaders. Only 24% survived the war unscathed.” An aircrew member was committed to fly thirty ...
USS Archerfish surfaced south of Tokyo Bay, Japan at 1718 hours. At 1800 hours, the incomplete Japanese aircraft carrier Shinano departed Yokosuka, Japan, 2,175 officers and crew, 300 shipyard workers, and 40 civilians on board; she was escorted by destroyers Hamakaze, Yukikaze, and Isokaze an...
At 1115 hours, British Prime Minsiter Neville Chamberlain announced over radio that because Germany had failed to withdraw troops from Poland by 1100 hours, a state of war now existed between the United Kingdom and Germany. [Invasion of Poland | Neville Chamberlain | London, England | CPC] Pho...
Canadian War Museum March 30, 1918, was the mid-point of the 100 Days Campaign—a campaign which saw incredible advances through German-controlled lines on the Western Front and the beginning of the final phase of the First World War. At Moreuil Wood, the infantry and artillery attacks had...
contributors to winning the Great Patriotic War. 4. Lee Enfield No.4 Mk.1: I surprised myself ranking this rifle this low. I have spent hours looking over this piece from end to end. I have taken numerous photos of it and posted them on Instagram (look me up @oldmauserman). It is...