A US Marine is given a burial at sea - Pacific Ocean 1945 #ww2 #worldwar2 #pacificocean #usmarines #marines #burial #burialatsea #history

Lee Miller, the photojournalist who brought dignity to those who suffered during WWII.

The photos she took and the words she wrote in ‘Vogue’ magazine were and remain an indictment of the Holocaust

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250312-lee-miller-the-photojournalist-who-brought-dignity-to-those-who-suffered-during-wwii?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

‘In plain sight’: how a museum in The Hague was a secret hideout from Nazi forced labour.

A Mauritshuis exhibition reveals how Dutch citizens hid in attic to avoid being taken to Germany in second world war.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250313-in-plain-sight-how-a-museum-in-the-hague-was-a-secret-hideout-from-nazi-forced-labour?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

SAS Rogue Hero RB ‘Paddy’ Mayne - a pre war Irish Rugby International, he succeeded David Stirling as commanding officer of the SAS. By the end of WW2 Mayne had destroyed more aircraft than any man alive at that time and had been awarded the DSO and three bars, becoming the most decorated soldier in the British Army #ww2 #worldwar2 #sas #roguehero #paddymayne #dso

#OnThisDay, 11 Mar 1942, the current Waterloo Bridge in London partially opens. The construction force included many women, giving it the nickname “the Ladies Bridge”.

#WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #BritishHistory #LondonHistory #WorldWar2 #Histodons

https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/england-built-by-women/

Dutch children give flowers to the crew of an US M5 Stuart light tank from the 744th Tank Battalion - Netherlands, October 1944 #ww2 #worldwar2 #stuarttank #stuart #tank #dutch #netherlands

A Volkswagen Kübelwagen 82 sits abandoned in the snow during the German retreat - Operation Typhoon, Eastern Front, Jan 1942 #ww2 #snow #worldwar2 #vw #volkswagen #kubelwagen

A Vought OS2U Kingfisher lands and waits to be picked up - Atlantic Ocean 1942. CREDIT : LIFE Magazine #ww2 #worldwar2 #history #vought #kingfisher #atlanticocean

Eurostar trains stopped after unexploded WWII bomb found at Paris station

Trains have been cancelled to and from Paris following the discovery of a World War II bomb.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-07/eurostar-trains-halt-as-wwii-bomb-discovered-in-paris/105025744

US soldiers take cover by some cliffs after managing to get a foothold on Omaha Beach - D-day, Normandy, 6th June 1944 #dday #france #normandy #6thjune1944 #omaha #beach #omahabeach #ww2 #worldwar2 #normandylandings

U.S. Army collaborated with Walt Disney to develop a gas mask that looked like Mickey Mouse...
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Eurostar trains stopped after unexploded WWII bomb found at Paris station

Travellers have been urged to delay plans following the discovery of a World War II bomb near the busy train station

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-07/eurostar-trains-halt-as-wwii-bomb-discovered-in-paris/105025744

German soldiers use a Tiger 1 tank as cover as they take the opportunity to rest - Eastern Front, date unknown #easternfront #tiger1 #tiger #tigertank #tank #ww2 #worldwar2

NZ family's delight as WWII medals returned after chance find in Perth
By Emma Wynne

The medals had been missing for decades until an eagle-eyed RAAF chaplain came across them at an auction.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-06/war-medals-returned-after-chance-perth-discovery/105015284

A British Sherman Firefly makes its advance near Gold Beach the day after the Normandy Landings - Normandy, France, 7th June 1944.
CREDIT : Normandie Archives #ww2 #worldwar2 #history #normandie #normandy #dday #gold #goldbeach #beach #tank #firefly #sherman

How the historical memory of Nazism (partly) explains the success of the far right in Germany and Austria.

The former GDR, a stronghold of the AfD, and Vienna, where the extremists won in September, avoided taking responsibility for Nazi crimes as West Germany did.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250303-how-the-historical-memory-of-nazism-partly-explains-the-success-of-the-far-right-in-germany-and-austria?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

USS Langley (CV-1/AV-3) was the United States Navy’s first aircraft carrier, converted from the collier USS Jupiter Later converted to a seaplane tender On 27 February 1942, she was attacked by nine twin-engine Japanese bombers of the Japanese 21st and 23rd naval air flotillas and later scuttled by her escorts. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/uss-langley-cv-1-us-navy-aircraft-carrier/ USSLangley #USSLangleyCV1 #USSLangleyAV3 #USNavy #WW2 #MaritimeHistory #NavalHistory #WorldWar2 #WorldWarTwo #SecondWorldWar #AircraftCarrier #SeaplaneTender