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May2019

Dutch queen 'considered Nazi swap for royals'

As World War Two neared an end, Dutch Queen Wilhelmina was asked to help save Belgium's royal family.

Apr2019

'Ghost Army' veterans recall secret World War Two decoy mission

Surviving veterans of the secret ‘Ghost Army’ tasked with fooling Nazi forces about the location of allied troops have been recalling their extraordinary role in World War Two.

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Apr2019

World War 2 Youtube Series - April 27, 1940

New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.

Apr2019

North Americans Don’t Know Much About World War II’s Holocaust Anymore

A disturbing number of North Americans — especially younger millennials — don’t know much about the Holocaust. And they vastly underestimate the number of Jews murdered.

Apr2019

WWII shipwreck found off coast of Victoria

The final resting place of an Australian freighter torpedoed by a Japanese submarine more than seven decades ago has been discovered off the coast of Victoria.

Apr2019

Rare pictures of Adolf Hitler show him as a 34-year-old at the dawn of the Nazi Party

Hitler on the brink of power: Rare pictures of the Nazi leader as he assembled his maniacal team in the 1920s taken by his personal photographer are uncovered at the National Archives.

Apr2019

This Was Europe’s Last World War II Battle (After It Ended?)

The small town of Odžak is nestled between the Bosna and Sava rivers, in the north of present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina. To the north and east, a handful of villages spread over the plains, while to the south and west a few shallow inclines lead into the foothills of Vuèjak Mountain.

Apr2019

World War II Facts: Lend-Lease Saved Countless Lives - But Probably Didn’t Win the Eastern Front

Apr2019

Scottish missionary who died at Auschwitz to be honoured in Hungary

March of the Living will be dedicated to Jane Haining, who protected Jewish children in Budapest

Apr2019

Wreck of first Japanese battleship lost in Second World War found off Solomon Islands

US researchers have discovered the wreck of the Imperial Japanese Navy warship Hiei, the first Japanese battleship lost in the Second World War, off the Solomon Islands.

Apr2019

World War 2 Youtube Series - March 30, 1940

New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.

Mar2019

Fort Worth’s last member of elite black Tuskegee Airmen dies at 96

Fort Worth resident Robert T McDaniel, member of the Tuskegee Airmen World War II pilot and ground forces group, died. He was in the military at a time when it was segregated and attended Obama’s inauguration.

Mar2019

World War 2 Youtube Series - March 23, 1940

New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.

Mar2019

World War 2 Youtube Series - March 16, 1940

New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.

Mar2019

Polish airmen fought for the freedom of others

On TracesOfWar.com we recently reviewed the book The Polish 'Few', which was published by Pen & Sword. It's about Polish airmen in the Battle of Britain. We asked the author Peter Sikora some questions by e-mail.

Mar2019

World War 2 Youtube Series - March 9, 1940

New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.

Mar2019

"The role of the Dutch Resistance in the war is totally under-estimated"

Recently the book The Dutch Reistance Revealed was published by the Britisch publisher Pen & Sword. TracesOfWar-contributor Wijand de Gelder reviewed the book and asked the writer, Jos Scharrer, some questions by e-mail.

Mar2019

World War 2 Youtube Series - March 2, 1940

New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.

Feb2019

World War 2 Youtube Series - February 23, 1940

New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.

Feb2019

Last survivor of the real-life World War Two 'Great Escape' dies aged 99

Airman Richard Churchill was one of 76 men who escaped Nazi prisoner of war camp, Stalag Luft III, by digging and crawling through tiny tunnels in 1944

Feb2019

World War 2 Youtube Series - February 2, 1940

New on Youtube, from the makers and creators of Youtube channel 'The Great War', the Second World War week by week, 6 years long.

Jan2019

Travel the Liberation Route with Rough Guides

To commemorate the 75th anniversary in 2019– 2020 of the liberation of Europe and the end of WWII, Rough Guides and Liberation Route Europe Foundation are cooperating to produce a new inspirational companion guide to the locations, destinations and points of interest that link the advance of the Western Allied Forces from 1943 to the end of the war. This guide provides an evocative and engaging account of the liberation of Europe through the locations that shaped it, in 9 countries: the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, the Czech Republic and Germany.