The tribute showing a British Spitfire, pursuing a German Messerschmitt 109 cut in to a corn field and laid as a maze – in Kendal, Cumbria, UK
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Saturday, July 10th, 2010Allies would have lost the Second World War had Hitler used deadly nerve gas: Expert
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010“New York, May 15 (ANI): As the D-Day anniversary approaches, a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, Frank J. Dinan, has revealed what could have happened if Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler had used the deadly nerve gas Tabun.
According to Professor Dinan, had Hitler used Tabun, the Allies could have been forced back into the sea with enormous casualties.”
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Source – OneIndia
Russia slams Strasbourg court for seeking to revise WWII results (Update)
Wednesday, May 19th, 2010“Russia on Monday accused the European Court of Human Rights of going along with people who seek to rehabilitate Nazis by upholding Latvia’s appeal in the case of a Soviet World War II veteran.
Vasily Kononov, 87, who led a group of resistance fighters against Nazi Germany in the Baltic state during World War II, was jailed by Latvia in 1998 after he was convicted of ordering the killing of nine villagers in 1944. He admitted to the killings, but said the dead were Nazi collaborators who were caught in crossfire.
Earlier on Monday, the upper chamber of the European Court of Human Rights upheld the appeal by Latvia against the court’s 2008 ruling that the conviction of Kononov was illegal.”
source – RIA Novosti
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Soviet people won WWII, not Stalin – Medvedev
Saturday, May 8th, 2010“The defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II was down to the Soviet people not dictator Joseph Stalin, whose crimes against the nation cannot be justified, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview broadcast on Friday.
Russia marks the 65th anniversary of victory in Europe on Sunday, and the official view of Stalin’s role has been controversial. Russia describes its military efforts in 1941-45 as the Great Patriotic War.”
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Source – RIA Novosti
Arial photos from WWII added to Google Earth
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010
Google Earth image showing Dusseldorf in 1943
Fascinating arial reconnaissance photographs, dating from various points thought out World War Two are now available in Google Earth. They mostly show bomb damage in some 35 major cities across Europe. To view the images, make sure you have the latest version of Google Earth installed. To activate the time line, click the clock icon in the status bar at the top, then use the slider to go back in time to 1943.
I hope they continue to add more historical reconnaissance photographs from the period. The Atlantic Wall and the areas around Normandy would be particularly fascinating. Many areas were extensively photographed during the war by both sides, and it is no doubt possible that it could be extended to include these. Adding additional photos to Google Earth would provide some very useful research and educational tools, and could lead to some interesting map ‘mash-ups’. For instance, using the timeline feature you could add a strategic map layer showing major campaigns / battles and the front line across Europe/Russia, North Africa and the far East. You could then track through the timeline day by day and follow individual battles and movements of Divisions. Just a thought really. I have thought that type of thing, would be a great history resources for a long while. Guess I need to get busy and attempt it myself., with one or two battles, and see if it can be done.
In announcing the feature, Ed Parsons, Google’s Geospatial Technologist, said, “Many of us have heard stories, read books and watched films which show the many impacts of WWII across the world. We hope that this World War II imagery will enable all of us to understand our shared history in a new way and to learn more about the impact of the war on the development of our cities.”
Russia to facilitate Polish commemorations of Katyn massacre
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Katyn massacre - © RIA Novosti
Reported by RIA NOVOSTI. The painful memories of the massacre of Polish prisoners of war by the Soviet Union may be finally be nearing a time when there is reconciliation between the one time Alllies of World War II . “Russia is ready to help Poland organize events to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Katyn massacre of Polish prisoners of war by the Soviet Union, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
Lavrov said Polish colleagues have informed Moscow of their plans for this year’s commemoration of the 1940 execution of several thousand of Polish POWs, mainly officers and soldiers, in Katyn, western Russia, which has remained a sensitive issue in ties between Poland and Russia.”
FULL article – LINK
Controversy over Ukrainian underground
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Petro Kasinchuk, who was a member of the Ukrainian underground, receives a flower from a supporter during a rally in 2006 in Kiev calling for official recognition of the fighters as World War II veterans. (Efrem Lukatsky/associated Press)
The Ukrainian Insurgent Army, or UPA fought for independence for the Ukraine throughout World War II and beyond. During the German occupation it was aligned with Nazi Germany in its struggle for independence. Today the movement to pay tribute to those who fought for independence is marred with controversy over its involvement in ethnic cleaning and it alignment with Nazi Germany.
LINK - In Ukraine, movement to honor members of WWII underground sets off debate – The Washington Post January 6, 2010
Visiting the Maginot Line
Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
In this April 5, 2009 photo, a couple walks along an armored turret at the Hackenberg fortress, in Eastern France. In the 1930s the Maginot Line was viewed as a military marvel, an impregnable network of underground fortifications stretching along France's border with Germany, from Belgium to Switzerland, designed to stop the Nazi onslaught and prevent a repeat of the bloody trench warfare of World War I. (AP Photo/Slobodan Lekic) (AP)
The fortifications of the Maginot Line stretching across the old French German border provide a wealth of opportunities to visit the many preserved and restored bunkers and fortifications. Often situated in unspoiled and breath taking county side. For any one interested in fortifications of the period they present many opportunities for visits that can take in the Maginot Line, its sister fortifications along the French Italian boarder and the German Siegfried Line.
“Unfortunately, the Maginot Line failed to prevent France’s crushing defeat in May 1940, when the invading Nazis simply bypassed it by breaking through Belgian defenses in the north and trapping the hapless French, British and Belgian armies. The Germans later turned on the line and captured it from the rear, taking more than 500,000 prisoners.”
Germans and Poles come together over WWII mass grave
Monday, August 10th, 2009
An undated reproduction of a pre 1939 post card showing the town of Malbork. Remains of over 2,100 people including women and children believed to be German civilians buried at the end of World War II, were found in Malbork. (AP Photo) (AP)
MALBORK, Poland — Germans and Poles held a ceremony on Friday 7th August 2009 to rebury remains found in a mass grave in the town of Malbrok.
“uncertainties about who the dead were and who killed them may never be resolved. All that authorities can say with some assuredness is that they were probably German civilians who died in the ferocious final months of the war,”
Photographer’s legacy alive in WWII shots
Saturday, August 1st, 2009
With German shells screaming overhead, American infantrymen take shelter behind a tank. In the background can be seen the ruins of the town of Geich, Germany, which is still under heavy shelling.
A glimpse of US 9th Infantry Division in WWII. Photographs taken by Harold Roberts, and shown at a reunion recently show so fascinating moments from the division’s drive into Germany.
“As a combat photographer with the Army Signal Corps, Harold Roberts was an eyewitness to some of the most powerful scenes in the history of 20th century warfare. His photos capture scenes that words can’t describe, some so graphic that they can’t be published in a family newspaper.”
via Photographer’s legacy alive in WWII shots – Bangor Daily News.
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