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The Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery, more commonly known as the Airborne Cemetery, is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Oosterbeek, near Arnhem, the Netherlands.
Artilleros colocando bolsas de pĆ³lvora para disparar los caƱones del acorazado Nueva Jersey, 1944. Autor: Charles Fenno Jacobs.
One of many concrete houses (it's not a bunker) in a camp now containing 10 -15 buildings built for the German Kriegsmarine. Taken over by the Norwegian Army after the war. Abandoned by the army around 1990, now in private ownership and used as storage.
CaĆ±Ć³n Howitzer 105 apuntando hacie el Monte Austen durante la batalla de Guadalcanal. IlustraciĆ³n de Howard Brodie, 1943.
The first animation frames based on the recollections of Vitaly A. Ulyanov, about his participation in the 2nd World War
Working in the harvest fields near Pershore, Worcestershire.
This photo appeared in the 13 September 1941 issue of The Sphere.
Granite Pillars commemorating the US States and Territories lead to the Atlantic Arch at the World War II Memorial on the National Mall.
Washington DC; March 2025
The oldest surviving Spitfires from WW2 that saw active service, at RAF Cosford Air museum, Shropshire.
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The 21st Infantry Division (Germany) was formed in 1934 in Elbing, East Prussia, by expanding the 3rd Prussian Infantry Regiment of the 1st Division of the old Reichswehr. As this was a direct breach of the terms of the Treaty of Versailles, its existence was initially concealed; it was formally designated as the 21st Infantry Division in October 1935. Its East Prussian origin informed the adoption of the divisional symbol, a figure holding a shield bearing the black cross of the Teutonic Knights.
Mobilised in the 1st wave in 1939, the division took part in the German invasion of Poland and the following year's invasion of France. For the next four years, it fought on the Eastern Front, largely as part of Army Group North, assigned to Eighteenth Army.
After being involved in series of defensive battles and retreats to Riga as the Soviet army liberated their territory, late 1944 saw the 21st Infantry Division again in East Prussia, assigned to Third Panzer Army in the area of Tilsit before being reallocated to Fourth Army and deployed in the area of Insterburg, facing the Soviet East Prussian Offensive. Along with the bulk of Fourth Army it was encircled and largely destroyed in the Heiligenbeil pocket in the closing weeks of the war. Remnants of the division's forces were transported over the Frisches Haff to Pillau and Samland, where the unit was eventually dispersed in battle with Soviet troops, while some elements escaped along the Frische Nehrung to Hela and eventually by sea to Schleswig-Holstein.
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Looking back 75 Years WW2. Normandy, France.
The Bayeux War Cemetery is the largest Second World War cemetery of Commonwealth soldiers in France, located in Bayeux, Normandy. The cemetery contains 4,648 burials, mostly of the Invasion of Normandy 1944.
the Marshall Museum In a space of more than 10,000 square metres there are more than 150 historical vehicles, vessels and aircraft, which provide an excellent overview of the military efforts during the Second World War. You will find layouts that provide you with a picture of the invasion in Normandy on D-Day, and also of the Battle at Arnhem and the Battle in the Ardennes.
Op ruim 10.000 vierkante meter staan meer dan 150 historische voertuigen, vaartuigen en vliegtuigen opgesteld, die een uitstekend overzicht geven van het de militaire inzet in de Tweede Wereldoorlog. U treft er grote opstellingen aan die een beeld geven van de inval in Normandiƫ tijdens D-Day, maar ook van de Slag om Arnhem en de Slag in de Ardennen.
Women operating a predictor at an anti-aircraft gun site. This photo appeared in the 29 November 1941 issue of The Sphere.
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Ranville War Cemetery, Cane, France.
The Allied offensive in north-western Europe began with the Normandy landings of 6 June 1944.
Ranville was the first village to be liberated in France when the bridge over the Caen Canal was captured intact in the early hours of 6 June by troops of the 6th Airborne Division, who were landed nearby by parachute and glider. Many of the division's casualties are buried in Ranville War Cemetery and the adjoining churchyard
The CEMETERY contains 2,236 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, 90 of them unidentified. There are also 323 German graves and a few burials of other nationalities.
The CHURCHYARD contains 47 Commonwealth burials, one of which is unidentified, and one German grave