#world-war-ii

#world-war-ii

The Kingsway tunnels, built during World War II and enlarged during the Cold War, are about to open to the public for the first time.

In the book "How to Eat Well Though Rationed: Wartime Canning and Cooking Book," a curious-sounding recipe called the "Eggless, Butterless, Milkless Cake" can be found in the desserts section. This cake featured none of the essential baking staples, utilizing whatever ingredients were available to Canadians during wartime.

Nadiya recalled being hidden in a haystack during the 1943 assault by the Ukrainian Insurgent Army, which slaughtered many ethnic Poles and raped women.

A new World War II museum, Trent Park House, received a £250,000 grant to support a community outreach program that includes integrating local history into the curriculum.

"The combined number of guns within LA could place 48 flak shells into the sky every minute, creating a perilous curtain of fire for any would-be bombers to penetrate."

Hylands Park, originally agricultural land, transitioned to a trotting track in 1925 despite local council opposition, eventually becoming council-owned by 1927 due to declining popularity.

The true story of the role women played in the Second World War is being told in a two-day exhibition at the site of the wartime RAF airbase in Hornchurch.

"Pat Lochridge was the only female journalist to cover both the Pacific and Atlantic theaters of World War II. She interviewed Hermann Göring twice, climbed to Hitler's redoubt at Eagle's Nest in snow up to her waist, and was the first woman reporter to participate in a landing-at Iwo Jima."

Stravinsky emigrated to the United States in 1939, settled in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and delivered the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard during the 1939-40 academic year.

Gobetti, twenty-four and hailed as the most brilliant liberal writer of his generation, hoped to prevent Malaparte, then twenty-seven, from throwing all his talent behind the Fascist cause. "Don't you understand that you're wasting time, that the Fascists are playing you, that in the party you're a fifth-class man, that your writings for the past year haven't been worth a damn?" he wrote. Gobetti died the next year, from injuries inflicted by Black Shirts.

Once the war ended, he was one of the first African American men to integrate the union and work on the skyscrapers downtown.

"A visit to HMS Wellington gives people a chance to step into our rich maritime history. Our new immersive VR experience is designed to engage visitors with HMS WELLINGTON's extraordinary wartime stories."

"They need to tell us where his remains are," he said.

Matthew Mosley, the great-grandson of famed fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley, is using his platform to explore his family's controversial history in the new drama Outrageous.

Liv Lisa Fries delivers a stellar performance as Hilde Coppi in a poignant story of love and resistance against the Nazi regime, showcasing strength and sacrifice.

Brant masterfully crafts a hilarious 'play within a play' scenario, where women step into men's roles, showcasing the resourcefulness and determination of women in 1942.

The instant the bomb left the bomb bay, we screamed into a steep diving turn to escape the shockwave. There were two— the first, like a very, very, very close burst of flak. Then we turned back to see Hiroshima. But you couldn’t see it. It was covered in smoke, dust, debris. And coming out of it was that mushroom cloud. The crew of the B-29 bomber Enola Gay.

Claude Malhuret, a retired physician and former mayor of Vichy, criticizes President Trump, likening him to historical tyrants amid discussions of France’s wartime past.

The Hershey’s Tropical Chocolate Bar was designed to withstand high temperatures, providing soldiers a treat that wouldn't melt in hot environments during World War II.

"I built my home with my husband, Bruce, in 1956. Now that I’m 92 years old, I still live independently. I hope I croak it here."

The church, constructed around 1839, has seen many changes throughout its history, evolving from a school into a church that caters to a growing congregation.

George Leitmann, a distinguished professor of engineering at UC Berkeley, passed away just before his 100th birthday, leaving behind a legacy of innovation and resilience.

The Nazi regime's obsession with racial origins extended even to Francisco Franco, leading to a 1936 inquiry into whether their ally had Jewish roots.

Even amid food scarcity, the women's obligation to sample meals for poison reflects their lives in constant fear, illustrating how oppression permeated daily existence during WWII.