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A soldier with a pack Reindeer, on slippery ice, near the tiny village of Nautsi, in northern Lapland, Finland, on October 26, 1941. Flamethrower in action in the woods near the village of Niinisalo, on July 1, 1942 Pilots in flight above Jämijärvi, on July 17, 1942 Propeller-driven snowmobile near Haapasaari, Finland. The swastika was used as the official national marking of the Finnish Air Force and Tank Corps between 1918 and 1945. ... Read more ..read more

Fascinating French Documentry on the Gestapo .. To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies. For more detailed information, see our cookies page. Accept third party cookies ..read more

A great story must begin with the end. So here is the start photo. Bear with me because the pictures will follow on in some sort of order ..read more

“It was the fourth day after we landed, I was all alone, lying on a slope on the edge of an airfield, when I heard some ships’ horns sounding. And cheering started from guys in the foxholes. I casted my eyes to the summit of Surabachi, and there was the flag! What a feeling that was! I felt ecstasy! I knew it was all over. So many of us had been killed. We made it through... I quickly realized it wasn't over at all. I endured the entire 37-day fight, day after bloody day. I hate to use... Read more ..read more

Dr Anthony Morton by the Lüneberg Heath Memorial​ On 4 May 1945 at Lüneburg Heath, near Hamburg, Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery accepted the unconditional surrender of the German forces in the Netherlands, in north west Germany including all islands, and in Denmark and all naval ships in those areas. The surrender preceded the end of World War II in Europe and was signed in a carpeted tent at Montgomery’s headquarters on the Timeloberg hill at... Read more ..read more

The Kamikaze Pilot Who Took His Wife With Him On His Last Flight INSTANT ARTICLES WORLD WAR II Sep 25, 2016 George Winston Even though World War Two had come to an end, the story of a Japanese couple who met their death in a deliberate kamikaze suicide flight against Soviet troops has come to light and has been turned into a television program. Tetsuo... Read more ..read more

In the dark days of WW2 when Soviets lost so much armor to the German invasion and their own tank production had yet to ramp up, captured German armor was pressed into service whenever possible. Soviet production finally took off when multiple factories combined into "Tankograd" in Chelyabinsk. Early Panzer IV. Early production had the "cigar stub" barrels. StuG III Stalinets crawlers dragging in German tanks to be repaired At a repair facility... Read more ..read more

Another photo of my Dads, when he was on HMS Crocus, when she was on the Malta convoys escort duty. Shows Crocus refuelling somewhere in the Med ..read more

These are photos of a raid on La Rochelle, not sure of the year, he was an engine room artificer on board HMS Mauritius, patrolling the Atlantic coast of France, to intercept German Elbing class destroyers that were raiding in the Atlantic. As these ships never materialised, the powers that be decided that rather than go home empty handed, they would jump the boom and go into Oleron Bay to torpedo ships and bombard shore establishments. Pictures show some of the ships involved, some laying... Read more ..read more