This post was originally published on this siteThe “Night Witches” (German: Nachthexen; Russian: Nochnye Vedmy) were the all-female Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment (later the […]
This post was originally published on this siteBetty Pack (née Amy Elizabeth Thorpe, also known as Elizabeth Thorpe Pack or Amy Brousse), codenamed “Cynthia,” was […]
This post was originally published on this siteThis famous photograph of Polish prisoners in Dachau toasting their liberation captures a powerful moment of joy and […]
This post was originally published on this siteBorn in 1922 in Humenné, Slovakia, Helena was the daughter of a Jewish cantor and grew up with […]
This post was originally published on this siteBonde Gaza, a Hungarian musician who survived the Gardelegen massacre where over 1,000 slave laborers were burnt alive, […]
This post was originally published on this siteDuring WWII’s Blitz (1940–1941), “Blitz Canteen” typically refers to the mobile canteens operated by the Women’s Voluntary Service […]
This post was originally published on this siteTaken during the onset of World War II, this image became highly recognized for its depiction of childhood […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe Memorial to the Child Victims of War is a deeply moving bronze sculpture located at the Lidice […]
This post was originally published on this site In the final weeks of World War II, as Allied forces advanced deep into Germany, the SS […]
This post was originally published on this siteDuring World War II in Britain, the Women’s Voluntary Service (WVS, now Royal Voluntary Service) played a key […]
This post was originally published on this siteSoldiers of the British 8th Army are pictured on duty in Italy in these original color photos taken […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe story of Kazuko Higa, often sensationalized as the “Queen of Anatahan,” is one of the most bizarre […]
This post was originally published on this siteOn September 23, 1941, a British mother abandoned her newborn baby behind blackberry bushes in Horsell Common, a […]
This post was originally published on this site In the harsh and oppressive environment of Dachau concentration camp, where despair was a constant companion, prisoners […]
This post was originally published on this siteIn the harrowing depths of winter 1943, within the barbed confines of the Lviv Ghetto in Nazi-occupied Ukraine, […]
This post was originally published on this sitePhotograph of Maine First Sergeant Neil I. Shober of Fort Wayne, Indiana, sharing his bananas with a native […]
This post was originally published on this siteBell cemeteries (or Glockenfriedhöfe in German) were enormous holding areas where confiscated church bells were stockpiled before being […]
This post was originally published on this siteJackie Moggridge (1922–2004) was a South African-born aviator who became one of the most prolific female ferry pilots […]
This post was originally published on this siteAdolf Galland’s “Lobster Flight” (often referred to as his “Lobster Battle”) is one of the most eccentric anecdotes […]
This post was originally published on this siteDuring World War II about 600,000 steel stretchers were manufactured for use in the Blitz. They were used […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe ball turret gunner was one of the most dangerous and iconic positions in World War II bomber […]
This post was originally published on this siteThis small, rusted tricycle belonged to a 3-year-old boy named Shinichi Tetsutani, who lived in Hiroshima, Japan. On […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire, a hoop crown with a characteristic octagonal shape, was the […]
This post was originally published on this siteThe Women’s Land Army (WLA) Training Camp at Culford in Suffolk, England, was a vital forestry training center […]
This post was originally published on this siteHannie Schaft (full name: Jannetje Johanna Schaft, September 16, 1920 – April 17, 1945) was a Dutch resistance […]
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