Latest posts tagged with #2ww on Bluesky
Hoy he hecho entrega de la histórica radio de Albert Le Lay, de la que era depositario, al Hotel Barcelo Hideaway para que todos los visitantes de #Canfranc puedan conocerla. Cumplo así el deseo de su nieto: Víctor Frairén #2ww #lelay
and later became one of London’s first Black firefighters as part of the Home Front in the Second World War. Guess who we’re spotlighting today? ⬇️ #ibhmuk #remembranceday #remembrance #ukblackhistory #blackbritishhistory #osrys #ourstoriesareyourstories #1ww #2ww
Excellent 1-day history festival with #2WW gang @jamesholland.com #SaulDavid #RogerMoorhouse & #StephenPrince organised by #JoanneOoi at the #JockeyClubRooms #Newmarket.
(Yep, that’s a horse statue. There were many.)
Excellent 1-day history festival with #2WW gang @jamesholland.com #SaulDavid #RogerMoorhouse & #StephenPrince at the #JockeyClubRooms.
(Yep, that’s a horse statue. There were many.)
My interview with legendary #2WW historian #RichardJEvans about his latest book #HitlersPeople, for @jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk, is now on youtube: jewishliteraryfoundation.co.uk/videos/richa...
It was fascinating…
Not a bad venue for the last talk of my Polish tour, the #2WW museum in #Gdańsk!
Other pic shows the fabulous #DrAndrzejDrzycimski. If you have read #AgentZo - it was his taped interviews with #Zo during the communist era that gave me so much material.
Home tomorrow!
it was an honour to officially launch the Polish edition of my book, #AgentkaZo, under the 4-engine American Liberator bomber in the main hall of the @warsawrisingmuseum .
Several children of the elite Polish #2WW special forces, the #Cichociemni or #SilentUnseen were with us!
it was an honour to officially launch the Polish edition of my book, #AgentkaZo, under the 4-engine American Liberator bomber in the main hall of the @warsawrisingmuseum .
Several children of the elite Polish #2WW special forces, the #Cichociemni or #SilentUnseen were with us!
Great fun talking non-fiction books with #NagaMunchetty for @BBCRadio5Live today, & I got to talk about a few for my #2WW favourites… www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... from c.1.6
Our next tour is out today. SGWT expert Romain, is taking a British couple around Normandy for two days, following in the footsteps of our guests father who landed on Gold Beach.
#2WW
The Drop Zone at Ginkel Heath, Arnhem. The 4th Parachute Brigade landed here on 18 January 1944. Photo taken in 2004 during the 60th Anniversary #Arnhem #Arnhem81 #Airborne #WW2 #2WW
La collecte de témoignages nourrit l’expo sur la Seconde Guerre mondiale à Nantes #Nantes #Loire-Atlantique @Ouest-France.fr
#2WW
#2GM
#histoire
#39-45
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Ich bin mir sicher dieser Krieg wird nicht einfach so aufhören. Und es über die Köpfe der Ukraine zu entscheiden ist ganz sicher falsch!
Vor dem #2WW hat #Hitler Österreich, das Sudentenland, eingenommen und bekommen mit dem glaube des Westens das dieser danach aufhört. HAT ER NICHT 🚫
Putin […]
citizens forced to go to war. Command Decision explores the pressures of leadership, political in-fighting, moral conflicts, and psychological effects rather than glamorizing combat and admits the high losses in men and materiel during the daylight bombing campaign of Germany. #2WW #wehaveways
🔻 Terwijl ik zelf ook in de onbelichte geschiedenis ben gedoken over het vergeten verzet, ivm de podcast die ik maak van familielid Kees, kom ik exact dit tegen:
www.trouw.nl/boeken/het-v... #2ww #resistance
Stalin første gang ud af krig med Molotov-Ribbentrop-pagten, delte Østeuropa og skiftede side da Hitler angreb Sovjetunionen i 1941. #2WW https://fefd.link/O17pj
Stunned!! 🌞🌞
My book about #2WW resistance hero #ElżbietaZawacka - aka #AgentZo - has been #shortlisted for the @womensprize for #NonFiction!!!
Alongside…
Frase sobre Hitler y Blackpool (leída en "Habrá fuego: Margaret Thatcher, el IRA y dos minutos que cambiaron la historia" by Rory Carroll) #Hitler #Blackpool #quote #recreo #2WW #UK emeshing.blogspot.com/2025/03/quot... via @emeshing.bsky.social
Frase sobre Hitler y Blackpool (leída en "Habrá fuego: Margaret Thatcher, el IRA y dos minutos que cambiaron la historia" by Rory Carroll) #Hitler #Blackpool #quote #recreo #2WW #UK emeshing.blogspot.com/2025/03/quot... via @emeshing.bsky.social
Belgian #2WW resister Andrée Dumon has died aged 102.
Aged 17, she helped run the #Comet escape line, escorting c.800 downed aircrew & 300 soldiers to Paris. Betrayed, she survived Ravensbrück & other camps.
RIP #AndréeDumon 1922-2025.
Quote sobre Hitler y Blackpool (leída en "Habrá fuego: Margaret Thatcher, el IRA y dos minutos que cambiaron la historia" by Rory Carroll) #Hitler #Blackpool #quote #recreo #2WW #UK: emeshing.blogspot.com/2025/03/quot...
Une bien belle rencontre !
Voici ma chronique pour @actualitte.bsky.social sur le livre "Lee Miller. Reportages de guerre. 1944-1945" publié aux Éditions Bartillat
Lee Miller, des défilés de mode à celui de la Libération actualitte.com/a/iaRei66K
#leemiller #livre #2WW #histoire
Quote sobre Hitler y Blackpool (leída en "Habrá fuego: Margaret Thatcher, el IRA y dos minutos que cambiaron la historia" by Rory Carroll) #Hitler #Blackpool #quote #recreo #2WW #UK emeshing.blogspot.com/2025/03/quot...
#OTD in 1943, the Battle of Stalingrad ends with the surrender of the German 6th Army. Of the 91,000 prisoners taken, it is thought only 6,000 survived the war through to repatriation #2WW
Props to everyone involved in bringing this crucial story to screen. 🙌 Have you seen it? What did you think? ⬇️
(4) #N24 #Netflix #Sønsteby #Oslogjengen #2WW
In March I had the pleasure of visiting Thailand, to meet hotel partners & recce for our future #2WW Far East tours. Today I reflect on a wonderful place, wonderful people & the trauma they faced in 2004. Let's remember when we travel to paradise, the 228,000 people killed 20 years ago.
Advent Calendar - 5th December
Today's individual is Sophie Scholl, key member of the White Rose movement - a resistance group in Munich during the #2WW.
Sophie was just 21 years old when she was beheaded for treason.
Read on here: tinyurl.com/2rhvxb7u
Advent Calendar 2024 - 3rd December
Today we look at the extraordinary contribution of Jerzy Iwanow-Szajnowicz, one of the Allies most prolific #2WW agents.
Read on here: shorturl.at/Begwx
