Archive for the ‘hn-ww2’ Category

Colour pictures revealed of London blitz from Nazi bombers in World War II

Sunday, July 24th, 2011
Blitz Britain: Amazing colour pictures of London under siege from Nazi bombers during World War II

Geraldine Huff Doyle, WWII Icon, Dies: Big Pic

Saturday, January 1st, 2011
Dec. 30, 2010 -- Geraldine Hoff Doyle, the woman who became the poster girl for American working women during World War II, has died at age 86 in Lansing, Mich.

Second world war mine detonated on Suffolk beach

Thursday, December 30th, 2010
The anti-tank mine was found by dog walkers on the beach at Kessingland, near Lowestoft.

Thousands evacuated in France for Second World War bomb disposal

Tuesday, October 26th, 2010
Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes following the discovery of a series of bombs from the Second World War in the French city centre of Rennes.

World War Two heroes to mark 70 years of the Mosquito

Wednesday, October 13th, 2010
FORMER World War Two pilots and navigators are holding a signature session to mark 70 years of a Hatfield fighter plane this weekend.

London in the blitz: How crime flourished under cover of the blackout

Sunday, August 29th, 2010
As the 70th anniversary of the start of the blitz approaches, Duncan Campbell reveals how black marketeers, thieves and looters took advantage of the misfortunes of war