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Brigadier Sir Mark Honker Henniker of the Royal Engineers was one of the founders of the 1st Airborne Division who were most famously known for Operation Market Garden in WWII.

A rare group of 12 medals awarded to a Minehead-born war hero who saved thousands of British lives are expected to fetch up to £80,000 at auction.

Narratives legislate some of the most popular myths of Russian propaganda about World War II, which Russia has been actively spreading.

Política Jueves, 8 de Julio de 2021 Image La Comisión de la Verdad lanzó este trabajo audiovisual en el que se recogen testimonios sobre el controvertido operativo militar ocurrido hace 20 años. A finales de 2000 y comienzos de 2001, en Colombia tuvo lugar una operación militar que puso al descubierto la barbarie de la guerra y develó uno de sus mayores flagelos: el reclutamiento y uso de niños, niñas y adolescentes en el marco del conflicto armado. La Operación Berlín, cuyo ob...

The hunt for Germanys largest warship proved that U-boats were the Nazis best weapon insider@insider.com (Benjamin Brimelow) © Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images The German battleship Bismarck after its completion but before it received its camouflage paint. Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Early in World War II, Nazi Germany used its navy to isolate Britain from resupply by sea. Germany capital ships, like the battleship Bismarck, were an importan...

Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Early in World War II, Nazi Germany used its navy to isolate Britain from resupply by sea. Germany capital ships, like the battleship Bismarck, were an important part of that strategy. But it was Bismarcks destruction in May 1941 that solidified U-boats as Hitlers weapon of choice. On the night of May 18, 1941, the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen steamed out of its base at Gotenhafen (now Gdynia, Poland), followed fi...

Jan Loos volunteers at Oosterbeek’s Airborne Museum Jan Loos volunteers at Oosterbeek’s Airborne Museum A memorable meeting with 90-year-old local Jan Loos on the Liberation Route walking trail MikeMacEacheran Wed 17 Mar 2021 02.30 EDT Last modified on Thu 18 Mar 2021 06.55 EDT At a crossroads on the outskirts of the Dutch village of Oosterbeek is a grand cafe that first opened in 1894, where cups of coffee are served alongside schnitzel and meatballs. First impressions suggest it is ...

by Below are brief excerpts of the 350 page book Soviet troops leave the U.S. Sector of Berlin in July 1945. The Cold War conflict can be reduced to one particular issue and confrontation—Berlin. The four victorious Allies; the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain, and France—jointly occupied the conquered city by formal agreement. Yet, almost from the signing of the German surrender documents, the alliance began to splinter. Each nation began the occupation with its own unique goals ...