The 10 best World War 2 movies ever made | All About History
Apr 6, 2016 — Famous for featuring Mark Hamill in between Star Wars movies, this is director Samuel Fuller’s semi-autobiographical account of life in the 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One of the title). It follows four men in a squad led by their Sergeant (Lee Marvin), who experience action in North Africa, Sicily and Czechoslovakia, where they help ...
Switzerland in World War II: Is it still “neutrality” if you have to ...
Jan 4, 2016 — Like most European countries during the war Switzerland, despite its neutrality, suffered and lost some of its humanity along the way. For more untold stories from World War II, pick up the new issue of History of War here or subscribe …
Britain’s World War II Refugees | All About History
Sep 7, 2015 — World War II saw the most remarkable and large-scale migration of people to Britain in its history. Britain’s population became more diverse than it had ever been before. Soldiers, sailors, airmen, refugees and war workers came from the British Empire and the Commonwealth, the United States, occupied Europe, and neutral countries like Ireland.
Bandera, Ukraine & the Holocaust Part I: 1909-1936
Jan 15, 2015 — The exact level of interaction between Nazi Germany and the OUN in the run up to World War II is heavily disputed, but according to The Soviet Counterinsurgency in the Western Borderlands by Alexander Statiev, as early as the 1920s the UON’s predecessor the UVK had been sponsored by German military intelligence (the Abwehr) with a view to ...
WW2, Sinatra, Casanova & more in All About History issue 18
Oct 16, 2014 — Read the story of how one World War II British hero took down three tanks. Discover the dark side of Frank Sinatra and his close ties to organised crime. From the trebuchet to the tank, uncover the evolution of mankind’s killing machines. And finally, join Casanova on the streets of Venice as he seduces women and makes dangerous enemies
Night Witches: How the USSR’s Female Flying Aces Took the Fight …
May 11, 2016 — The world’s first female fighter ace – a title awarded for a certain number of enemy kills, usually around five – she was reported to have painted a white rose on the nose of her Yak-1 fighter and kept bouquets of wildflowers in the cockpit, dyed her hair with peroxide obtained from the nearest hospital and would make scarves out of ...
Queen Elizabeth II bookazine | All About History
Mar 18, 2016 — Queen Elizabeth II has reigned for longer than any other British monarch. Now, as she prepares to celebrate her 90th birthday on 21 April 2016, we take a look back at Her Majesty’s eventful reign. This book covers key moments in the queen’s life, such as World War II, changes in public perceptions and meeting the newest members of her ...
Kohima: The Stalingrad of the East | All About History
Jul 3, 2015 — The battle is forever known as ‘The Stalingrad of the East’ due to the backs-to-the-wall defence, as well as it being an integral turning point in the war in Asia. 4,000 Japanese soldiers were lost at Kohima and the victory galavanised the British, who were able to launch renewed offences as the last of the Japanese troops were cleared from ...
Win a New Book Each Day this Week! | All About History
Mar 3, 2014 — Today’s book is ‘A Photographic History of World War II’, a fantastic hardback book full of images from the Second World War. Just head over to our Twitter page, Retweet and Follow us. Good luck!
The Five: Q&A with Phillips O’Brien | All About History
Sep 16, 2024 — How did Stalin’s growth as a strategist during the Second World War compare to Mussolini and Hitler relative decline? Stalin was fascinating in that way. I call him the worst and best grand strategist. In many ways, he was disastrous from 1939 to 1941, empowering Hitler with the Nazi-Soviet pact and allowing massive German expansion.