Inside the Führerbunker

August 11, 2011 By
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The Führerbunker was built beneath the New Reich Chancellery in Berlin. This subterranean complex was constructed in two phases, the first in 1936 and the second in 1943. It was the last of the Führerhauptquartiere (Führer Headquarters) to be used by Hitler. He took up residence in the Führerbunker in January 1945 and, up until the [...]

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Aerial Bombing Comparison Diagram

July 7, 2011 By

Your handy guide to aerial bombing. This illustration appeared in a british wartime publication around the time of the Baedecker Blitz

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Raising The Flag On Iwo Jima, Joe Rosenthal

May 12, 2011 By

What few people know is that this iconic moment was actually a second version of the original event. This is the story behind the image

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The Desert Rats in Libya

May 11, 2011 By

With a new war raging in Libya, Second World War veteran Patrick Delaforce teases out the lessons of the 1940-1943 campaign in the Western Desert. Shortly after the outbreak of the Second World War, when Winston Churchill had a seat in the War Cabinet, he wrote: ‘Should Italy become hostile, our first battlefield must be [...]

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Operation Barbarossa Map, 1941

May 10, 2011 By
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Map of Operation Barbarossa showing the direction of German attacks and the major pockets of Russian troops surrounded by blitzkrieg breakthroughs between June and December 1941. To read our article about Barbarossa – Hitler’s biggest gamble – read the June issue of Military Times

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How to stop a Nazi Glider: 1940s Pamphlet

April 13, 2011 By

Your handy guide to stopping a Nazi glider as Britain prepared for invasion.

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6 Spitfire Adaptations – Images of the Spitfire during WWII

March 4, 2011 By

1. Spitfires were used as reconnaissance aircraft, as here, where a camera is being loaded before a mission. 2. Later marks of Spitfire were sometimes given specially designed wings – Bs, Cs, or Es – capable of mounting cannon. 3. The Seafire Mark III was a Spitfire specially adapted for naval service on aircraft-carriers. 4. Spitfires saw [...]

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Spitfire – History of the Spitfire's design and development

March 4, 2011 By
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A masterpiece of aerodynamic engineering, the Spitfire was among the finest fighter aircraft of the Second World War. Military archaeologist Keith Robinson celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Spitfire’s iconic design.

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Map of Battle of Taranto -11th November 1940

January 31, 2011 By
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A map of Taranto Harbour on 11 November 1940, showing the position of the Italian ships, the habour defences, and the direction of the British torpedo bomber attack waves.

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Blitz WW2 – The Battle of London

January 22, 2011 By

If the Battle of Britain was a victory of ‘the Few’: that of a small military elite of fighter pilots, the Battle of London was a victory of ‘the Many’. The bombing plane, coming at night, got through. It rained down death and destruction. But it was defeated by the mass mobilisation of a million [...]

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