Introduction by Bruce Bolinger For the last sixteen years I have been researching the aid given to downed Allied airmen by the Resistance during World War II in The Netherlands, Belgium, and France. Most of my research has concentrated on three subjects
Alpventures World War II Toursare the result of 30 years of historical research and first-hand, local guiding experience in Europe. Discover the history, explore the locations, and hear the stories of epic battles and the men who fought them; from the D-Day landing beaches of Normandy to H...
such as Roger Fenton’s iconicThe Valley of the Shadow of Death(1855) and Felice Beato’s photograph of the devastated interior of Fort Taku in China during the Second Opium War (1860). Among the
WWII veteran Brown recalls movements in EuropeNovember 22, 2023 05:51 PMWorld War II veteran Arlester Brown remembers when "hell broke loose" on D-Day and describes his movements throughout Europe in France, Belgium, Holland and Germany....
And I believe in God, even when he is silent. -Unknown, found on a concentration camp wall Stories inspired by the Second Great War are not only entertaining, but also are filled with stories about good versus evil. These stories can be incredibly effective in helping us process the conflic...
Cupp, William,A Wartime Journey: Bail-Out Over Belgium, World War II. Manhattan, Kansas: Sunflower University Press, 2002. Cury, Ed C.,Time Out for War, An American Airman’s True Firsthand Account of Survival in Nazi-Occupied Territory, Moore Haven, FL: Rainbow Books, 1988. ...
In honor of Veterans Day, here is a list of WWI and WWII sites you should visit. Historical war sites in Europe honor the fallen of each world war.
Ardennes,Belgium Airborne March September 1, 2023Erwin Jacobs Today in Arnhem to walk the airborne March in Oosterbeek tomorrow. Short stop at the Eusebius church. Unfortunately, the viewing platform was already closed, but the inside of the church gave interesting information about the late Middle...
After the Smit-van der Heijden Line was penetrated by the Germans, Karst Smit went into hiding. Elsje Boon, a student at the University of Leiden and head of a student escape line that had worked with Karst, invited him to join a new escape line where h
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