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May2019

Troops' horror at stench of 1,016 burned bodies after WW2 death camp massacre

WARNING GRAPHIC IMAGES. More than a thousand labour camp inmates – who’d already suffered the privations of the death marches as the allies advanced – had been literally, and deliberately, roasted alive by the residents of Gardelegen

May2019

WW2 Nation starts new series on YouTube with a visit to fortress Eben-Emael

After some time of not making new videos, WW2 Nation started a new series of video documentaries on their YouTube channel. In this series the British team members visit the location of Hitler's invasion of Belgium and France during the spring of 1940. Below you can watch the first episode, in which fortress Eben-Emael in Belgium is visited.

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May2019

WW2 Youtube Series - May 11, 1940 - Hitler Strikes in the West

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

May2019

V-E Day 1945: The celebration heard ’round the world

V-E Day, May 8, commemorates the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany to the Allied forces in 1945, ending World War II in Europe.

May2019

Russian World War 2 veteran, 100, calls for peace on Victory Day

Centenarian World War Two veteran Nikolay Bagayev will be among Russians across the country commemorating the anniversary of the war's end on Thursday. He told his story to his granddaughter, Reuters Moscow bureau reporter Olesya Astakhova.

May2019

Historicus en Churchill-biograaf John Lukacz overleden

De in Hongarije geboren schrijver vluchtte in de jaren veertig naar de Verenigde Staten. Hij schreef meer dan dertig boeken, onder meer over zijn held Winston Churchill.

May2019

D-Day 75th anniversary: Where in U.S. to honor, learn about World War II invasion

A guide to U.S. museums and memorials that will commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day invasion in World War II.

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.

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.