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How Da Vinci’s “Last Supper” painting survived the Milan bombings during WWII
January 21, 2023

How Da Vinci’s “Last Supper” painting survived the Milan bombings during WWII

Throughout the night of August 15th 1943, the Church of Santa Maria Delle Grazie in Milan, home of L…

Wehrmacht soldier with grenade launcher mounted on a Karabiner 98K
January 21, 2023

Wehrmacht soldier with grenade launcher mounted on a Karabiner 98K

Wehrmacht soldier looking through the scope of his Karabiner 98K bolt-action rifle, with a Schiessbe…

Then and Now: US tanks in Schevenhutte, 1945
November 30, 2022

Then and Now: US tanks in Schevenhutte, 1945

US tanks pictured in Schevenhütte, Germany, sometime during 1945, vs. modern days. We can see that, …

US Marine crying during the Battle of Peleliu
November 30, 2022

US Marine crying during the Battle of Peleliu

An overwhelmed US Marine is pictured while weeping among ruins during the Battle of Peleliu, more sp…

US Army hero Al Blozis during his football days
November 18, 2022

US Army hero Al Blozis during his football days

Al Blozis (left, pictured in 1941 at New York’s Polo Grounds with Georgetown coach Jack Hagert…

Latest Book Reviews

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If This Is a Man / Survival in Auschwitz (Primo Levi) – Book review

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The Fear and the Freedom (Keith Lowe) – Book review

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Hitler’s Private Library: The Books That Shaped His Life (Timothy W. Ryback) – Book Review

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    Wehrmacht soldier with grenade launcher mounted on a Karabiner 98K

    Wehrmacht soldier looking through the scope of his Karabiner 98K bolt-action rifle, with a Schiessbecher …

  • us tanks schevenhutte ww2

    Then and Now: US tanks in Schevenhutte, 1945

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    Lithuanian women giving water to German soldiers, 1941

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    Wehrmacht soldiers on motorcycles, Battle of France

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    Erich von Manstein on the Eastern Front, 1943

  • us tanks schevenhutte ww2

    Then and Now: US tanks in Schevenhutte, 1945

    US tanks pictured in Schevenhütte, Germany, sometime during 1945, vs. modern days. We can see …

  • us marine cries ww2 peleliu

    US Marine crying during the Battle of Peleliu

  • al blozis nfl us army

    US Army hero Al Blozis during his football days

  • us marine japanese boy battle of tinian

    US Marine and a Japanese boy, 1944, Battle of Tinian

  • santa claus ww2

    Santa Claus in Camp Lee, Virginia, 1941

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    Aircraft spotter in London, 1940

    A British aircraft spotter of the Royal Observer Corps pictured on the roof of a …

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    Albert Einstein at the Royal Albert Hall in London, 1933

  • boy reading london ww2

    Boy reading in bombed London library, 1940

  • Panzer e-100

    Panzer E-100 prototype captured by British forces

  • soviet operated matilda tanks ww2

    Soviet operated Matilda II tanks on the Western Front, 1942

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    The last Jew in Vinnitsa, 1941-1943

    The last Jew in Vinnitsa is a famous photograph taken during the Holocaust in Ukraine …

  • soviet operated matilda tanks ww2

    Soviet operated Matilda II tanks on the Western Front, 1942

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    Katyusha rockets firing on first day of Operation Barbarossa

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    Red Army POWs inspected by a Waffen SS Soldier, 1941

  • wehrmacht kiev

    German troops enter Kiev in 1941

  • us marine japanese boy battle of tinian

    US Marine and a Japanese boy, 1944, Battle of Tinian

    U.S. Marine pictured while giving a Japanese boy candy through the barbed wire of a …

  • sikh prisoners target practice japanese ww2

    Sikh POWs used as target practice by Japanese soldiers, 1942

  • japanese airplane shot down usa ww2

    Japanese Kawanishi Flying Boat shot down by US bomber, 1944

  • world war two kaiten torpedoes

    World War Two Kaiten torpedoes on top of a Japanese submarine

  • Japanese soldiers charging ww2

    Japanese infantrymen charging during the Second Sino-Japanese War

  • last supper da vinci ww2 bombings

    How Da Vinci’s “Last Supper” painting survived the Milan bombings during WWII

    Throughout the night of August 15th 1943, the Church of Santa Maria Delle Grazie in …

  • Ponte Santa Trinita

    Ponte Santa Trinita temporary restoration, 1944

  • milan cathedral ww2

    Panzer IV tank in front of the Milan Cathedral, 1943

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    Italian submarine Cobalto damaged during Operation Pedestal, 1942

  • italian battleships firing

    Italian battleships Vittorio Veneto and Littorio firing during WWII

  • battle of castle itter

    Battle of Castle Itter, 1945, one of the strangest WW2 battles

    The Battle of Castle Itter is one of those “hidden gem” stories from World War …

  • us troops saint-lo france ww2

    US troops enter the razed French town of Saint-Lo, July 1944

  • marina ginesta

    Marina Ginesta, communist reporter, overseeing Barcelona in 1936

  • love world war two 2

    Love during World War Two #2

  • nazi black world war two

    German policemen smoking with a French prisoner, 1940

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Latest Movie reviews

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Tokyo Trial (2016) – TV Series review

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The Accountant of Auschwitz (2018) – Movie Review

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