view from Fort Eben Emael of the Albert Canal in 1940
German WWII postcards
3 postcards I picked up showing a 2cm flak in action, a Panzer I and an abandoned Russian artillery piece.
Panzerschreck & Panzerfaust Finnish Army training manual
Scans from a small printed Finnish Army training manual from late 1943 for the Panzerschreck and Panzerfaust; which the Germans supplied along with a quantity of weapons to counter Russian armour. This is one of two I have in my collection. The pages show how to operate both weapons and, charts show the best areas of allied armour to target.
Photos of the U-boat U-3514 during Operation Deadlight
Here are a small selection of photos given to me by the son of one of the men who was invloved in Operation Deadlight. U-3514 can be seen in the main photo and in close up. U-3514 was the last boat to be scuttled in Operation Deadlight, other boats of type XXI can be seen.
Further Reading and map showing locations of where the boats were scuttled on Uboat.net - Operation Deadlight
Vél d'Hiv, Paris 1942: 'These black hours will stain our history forever' | Sarah's Key | guardian.co.uk
In June 1942, 12,000 Jewish adults and children were removed from their homes in Paris and sent to Nazi death camps. It was the largest mass arrest in wartime France. The film Sarah's Key follows one woman's fight against French society's post-war attitude of silence and denial over its role in the roundup. Here, writer Adrian Gilbert describes the terrible events that cast a shadow of guilt over the country for more than half a century
via guardian.co.uk
Life in the French resistance network
Nazi soldiers march in Paris on Avenue Foch, 14 June, 1940
Folkerts, Bundesarchiv
In May 1944, three German officers knocked on the door of 11 Avenue Foch. Phillip Jackson, then aged 16, opened the door and the officers told the family that they were under arrest. Phillip and his parents, Sumner and Toquette, were taken to concentration camps a few days later.
Restored “Nuremberg,’’ the 1948 documentary about the first war crimes trial of Nazi leaders in 1945
“Nuremberg,’’ the 1948 documentary commissioned by the United States military about the first war crimes trial of Nazi leaders in 1945, has been restored after many decades. First shown in Germany, but withheld from a US release the film has mostly remained un-seen. On limited release with showings at the Kendall Square Cinema in Boston US. hopefully it will make its way to DVD at some-point, so those not in Boston can get to see what looks to be a very interesting period documentary.
Read more in the Boston Globe
Echoes from the Past wwii.co.uk
Echoes of the Past World War Two website features both the Echoes from the Past blog covering news in relation to the period before during and after the Second world War. It is also the home to my collection of German Axis military photos from the period 1935 to 1945.
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