[img] Many of Italy’s trucks were of old design, but during the build-up of the Italian armed forces before the outbreak of World War II some...
During the long Nazi occupation of Western Europe, citizens were desperate to hear truthful news. Their newspapers and magazines were censored and...
A typical scene of street fighting during WWII. This drawing, illustrates some of the tactics and weapons employed in street fighting of this...
First written for the War Illustrated 1942. German fortifications were being built on a large scale along the coasts of Norway, the Low...
This story was told to the "War Illustrated" on the 1st May 1942 We Went With the Raiders to St. Nazaire Supplementing the official story...
It is common in wars for troops to arrange local truces and cease-fires with their opponents. Sometimes this occurs between nations when there are...
It began early in the night of the 5th and 6th June when paratroops landed. In the small hours, following intense bombing, landings began,...
"Reconciliation over the tombs, working for Peace." The Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgraberfürsorge, a people's association for the care of German...
[img] 117 graves: 98 British, 18 German, 1 Allied soldier unknown. Secqueville-En-Bessin was a junction between British and Canadian...
[img] 598 graves: 569 British, 16 Canadian, 6 Australian, 1 New Zealander, 5 South African, 1 American The entrance is side-ways on and...
At the beginning of World War II, aircraft design had far outstripped the design of aircraft weapons. During the Battle of Britain, the famous...
Smoke generators were used to hide certain events from the prying eyes of the Germans, here the Allies are laying smoke before and during the...
In battles spanning the months from late 1943 to May 1944, Italian locals and British, Polish, American and German servicemen witnessed the...
Lieutenant-Colonel Julius Schlegel was a Viennese officer in the elite Hermann Goring Division in 1943. He was also a dedicated art lover and, as...
Private Ernest Faulkner was 23 when he was drafted out to the Far East. Although in the same regiment as Jim Howard (next story below), his...
Lieutenant Joseph Hardy of the Border Regiment landed outside Arnhem. His actions under fire and, as the recommendation for his MC stated, ‘his...
Dutch Resistance groups were formed almost immediately after the country's defeat in 1940. Like other groups in occupied Europe, the Dutch...
Ernest Charles Goodwin saw action on the Russian run as a 'gun sweeper' on a First World War escort ship, HMS Westcott. His ship was one of many...
General Sir Richard Nelson Gale GCB, KBE, DSO, MC (1896 – 1982) In World War II he served with 1st Parachute Brigade and then the 6th Airborne...
Convoy PQ17 had become the bait in a trial of strength between the Allied and German Navies. A serious error of judgement resulted in a huge...