http://activehistory.co.uk/updates Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:53:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 en hourly 1 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2016667/Colour-pictures-revealed-London-blitz-Nazi-bombers-World-War-II.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2016667/Colour-pictures-revealed-London-blitz-Nazi-bombers-World-War-II.html#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 09:13:33 +0000 russeltarr http://www.delicious.com/url/3e0720164326e640cc1c4402b2341192#russeltarr
Blitz Britain: Amazing colour pictures of London under siege from Nazi bombers during World War II]]> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2016667/Colour-pictures-revealed-London-blitz-Nazi-bombers-World-War-II.html/feed/ 0 http://news.discovery.com/history/geraldine-hoff-doyle-wwii-poster-101230.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1 http://news.discovery.com/history/geraldine-hoff-doyle-wwii-poster-101230.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1#comments Sat, 01 Jan 2011 17:54:28 +0000 russeltarr http://www.delicious.com/url/5c421b390ade5d41e381998544fedbe3#russeltarr
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.]]> http://news.discovery.com/history/geraldine-hoff-doyle-wwii-poster-101230.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1/feed/ 0 http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/second_world_war_mine_detonated_on_suffolk_beach_1_762822 http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/second_world_war_mine_detonated_on_suffolk_beach_1_762822#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 16:55:11 +0000 russeltarr http://www.delicious.com/url/8f73138d6e2c17e45e8d4eb4aed0117f#russeltarr The anti-tank mine was found by dog walkers on the beach at Kessingland, near Lowestoft.]]> http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/second_world_war_mine_detonated_on_suffolk_beach_1_762822/feed/ 0 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8083952/Thousands-evacuated-in-France-for-Second-World-War-bomb-disposal.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8083952/Thousands-evacuated-in-France-for-Second-World-War-bomb-disposal.html#comments Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:38:24 +0000 russeltarr http://www.delicious.com/url/010c80a77dd9e55efe1dddcd05b0b9a4#russeltarr 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.]]> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/8083952/Thousands-evacuated-in-France-for-Second-World-War-bomb-disposal.html/feed/ 0 http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/world_war_two_heroes_to_mark_70_years_of_the_mosquito_1_467247 http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/world_war_two_heroes_to_mark_70_years_of_the_mosquito_1_467247#comments Wed, 13 Oct 2010 16:51:30 +0000 russeltarr http://www.delicious.com/url/cc9ed95c4c937b43a0dd9606cdc8c3e9#russeltarr FORMER World War Two pilots and navigators are holding a signature session to mark 70 years of a Hatfield fighter plane this weekend.]]> http://www.royston-crow.co.uk/news/world_war_two_heroes_to_mark_70_years_of_the_mosquito_1_467247/feed/ 0 http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/aug/29/blitz-london-crime-flourish-blackout http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/aug/29/blitz-london-crime-flourish-blackout#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:41:52 +0000 russeltarr http://www.delicious.com/url/873c5b860195be6f0fc31298e2aa7bf9#russeltarr 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]]> http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/aug/29/blitz-london-crime-flourish-blackout/feed/ 0 http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/aug/29/blitz-london-crime-flourish-blackout http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/aug/29/blitz-london-crime-flourish-blackout#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 18:41:52 +0000 russeltarr http://delicious.com/url/873c5b860195be6f0fc31298e2aa7bf9#russeltarr 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]]> http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/aug/29/blitz-london-crime-flourish-blackout/feed/ 0 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-11038258?ls http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-11038258?ls#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:57:24 +0000 russeltarr http://delicious.com/url/c31df3c959fff96f2101a30145e1976c#russeltarr A woman who urinated on a war memorial in Blackpool and performed a sex act nearby has been barracked by veterans.]]> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-11038258?ls/feed/ 0 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-11038258?ls http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-11038258?ls#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 07:57:24 +0000 russeltarr http://www.delicious.com/url/c31df3c959fff96f2101a30145e1976c#russeltarr A woman who urinated on a war memorial in Blackpool and performed a sex act nearby has been barracked by veterans.]]> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-11038258?ls/feed/ 0 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-10795088 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-10795088#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:22:11 +0000 russeltarr http://delicious.com/url/3011f796868617b1008117415170e483#russeltarr ]]> ]]> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-10795088/feed/ 0 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-10795088 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-10795088#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:22:11 +0000 russeltarr http://www.delicious.com/url/3011f796868617b1008117415170e483#russeltarr ]]> ]]> http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-10795088/feed/ 0 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7861604/List-of-French-who-collaborated-with-Nazis-to-be-published-online.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7861604/List-of-French-who-collaborated-with-Nazis-to-be-published-online.html#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:54:56 +0000 russeltarr http://delicious.com/url/c7bcaa7f24d988526edf646db620a8d7#russeltarr Thousands of French citizens who collaborated with the Nazis during the Second World War will be unmasked when police reports from the era are finally made public and published online.]]> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/7861604/List-of-French-who-collaborated-with-Nazis-to-be-published-online.html/feed/ 0 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/world-war-2/7848350/Nurse-in-famous-WW2-Times-Square-photograph-dies.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/world-war-2/7848350/Nurse-in-famous-WW2-Times-Square-photograph-dies.html#comments Thu, 24 Jun 2010 15:57:51 +0000 russeltarr http://delicious.com/url/7d94f714f7ceb1b71ba6be79b3688066#russeltarr A nurse famously photographed being kissed by an American sailor in New York's Times Square in 1945 to celebrate the end of the Second World War has died at the age of 91...]]> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/world-war-2/7848350/Nurse-in-famous-WW2-Times-Square-photograph-dies.html/feed/ 0 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7835536/Winston-Churchill-agonised-over-finest-hour-speech-papers-reveal.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7835536/Winston-Churchill-agonised-over-finest-hour-speech-papers-reveal.html#comments Sat, 19 Jun 2010 09:16:28 +0000 russeltarr http://delicious.com/url/051cb1cbbf8c90d4f57a6eee8ebbfd68#russeltarr A new examination of his papers shows how he agonised over every famous phrase – even adding one at the last minute – and how his private secretary was secretly unimpressed by his efforts.]]> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/7835536/Winston-Churchill-agonised-over-finest-hour-speech-papers-reveal.html/feed/ 0 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7828755/Winston-Churchills-cigar-airbrushed-from-picture.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7828755/Winston-Churchills-cigar-airbrushed-from-picture.html#comments Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:46:24 +0000 russeltarr http://delicious.com/url/7a158d30bfa58b6d053d5b558c94c216#russeltarr A photograph of Winston Churchill giving his victory salute has been airbrushed to remove his signature cigar.]]> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7828755/Winston-Churchills-cigar-airbrushed-from-picture.html/feed/ 0