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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.

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World War 2 Youtube Series - March 2, 1940

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.

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World War 2 Youtube Series - February 23, 1940

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.

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

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

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World War 2 Youtube Series - February 2, 1940

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.

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Travel the Liberation Route with Rough Guides

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.

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World War 2 Youtube Series - January 26, 1940

Jan2019

World War 2 Youtube Series - January 26, 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.

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Funeral a reminder to 'confront racism'

Jan2019

Funeral a reminder to 'confront racism'

UK Chief Rabbi warns of rising anti-Semitism as the remains of six Auschwitz victims were buried.

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World War 2 Youtube Series - January 19, 1940

Jan2019

World War 2 Youtube Series - January 19, 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.

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World War 2 Youtube Series - January 12, 1940

Jan2019

World War 2 Youtube Series - January 12, 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.

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World War 2 Youtube Series - January 5, 1940

Jan2019

World War 2 Youtube Series - January 5, 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.

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World War 2 Youtube Series - December 29, 1939

Jan2019

World War 2 Youtube Series - December 29, 1939

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

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World War 2 Youtube Series - December 15, 1939

Dec2018

World War 2 Youtube Series - December 15, 1939

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

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World War 2 Youtube Series - December 8, 1939

Dec2018

World War 2 Youtube Series - December 8, 1939

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

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World War 2 Youtube Series - December 1, 1939

Dec2018

World War 2 Youtube Series - December 1, 1939

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

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Second World War veteran and refugees campaigner dies aged 95

Nov2018

Second World War veteran and refugees campaigner dies aged 95

Harry Leslie Smith saw active service in Second World War with Britain's Royal Air Force

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Dutch rail company to pay reparations for Second World War deportations

Nov2018

Dutch rail company to pay reparations for Second World War deportations

More than 100,000 Jews, 70% of the Dutch Jewish community, did not survive the war.

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World War 2 Youtube Series - November 24, 1939

Nov2018

World War 2 Youtube Series - November 24, 1939

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

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Remembering a First World War childhood at 110

Nov2018

Remembering a First World War childhood at 110

As young and old gathered to lay poppy wreaths and plant crosses at memorials last week, marking the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War, England’s oldest man, 110-year-old Bob Weighton, who lives in Alton, was reflecting on his early childhood in Hull during those four turbulent years.

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Second World War veterans visit nursery to pass on their knowledge

Nov2018

Second World War veterans visit nursery to pass on their knowledge

Brave veterans of the Second World War paid a visit to a nursery to speak to youngsters about their service.

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World War 2 Youtube Series - November 17, 1939

Nov2018

World War 2 Youtube Series - November 17, 1939

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

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World War 2 Youtube Series - November 10, 1939

Nov2018

World War 2 Youtube Series - November 10, 1939

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

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Victorian street demolished in Second World War is found in Cornwall

Nov2018

Victorian street demolished in Second World War is found in Cornwall

A Victorian street has been rediscovered by unsuspecting builders after being demolished during the Second World War.

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