Many thanks go to Doug Banks and his team – the masters of colourisation. The beauty of these colourised images is that colour, allows you to pick out
Battle of St. Lo during World War II
E 30993. Civilians on the island of Rhodes queue to get their ration books from the British military authorities. During the German occupation the local inhabitants had suffered the effects of malnutrition due to insufficient food
Frail pensioner Grietje Scott has finally told how she became a decorated WW2 hero who was part of an elite fighting force in the Dutch Resistance.
Barring destroying or capturing German troops near or in the capital, “Ike” hoped the Germans would retreat beyond the City of Light and leave the capital
Civilians and armed resistance fighters in a recently liberated Dutch city during World War II force a traitor to walk the streets with a shameful sign around his neck which reads roughly 'So we do...
The German Paratroopers or Fallschirmjäger were perceived as the elite infantry units of the German military and became known as the "green devils" by the
You won’t be able to look at history the same way again.
Discover the powerful story of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising through rare, never-before-seen photographs. Experience the bravery, sacrifice, and devastation of one of the most significant uprisings of World War II."
From the infamous nuclear disaster zone near Chernobyl to Henry Ford’s doomed jungle paradise, learn the stories behind six of the world’s most famous vacant towns and villages.
Greek artillery piece in Albania 1940 [IMG]
In the spring of 1944, Nazi troops massacred hundreds of Italian civilians in the Ardeatine Caves near Rome. After World War II came to an end, however, the German government did little to track down the perpetrators. At the time, both Rome and Bonn were more interested in politics than justice.
🇮🇹 30 September 1943, the fourth and last day of fighting in Naples - a city liberated by itself from the Nazis. The uprising has seen hundreds of civilians, partisans, police and Italian soldiers die. The youngest resistance fighter to fall is eleven-year old Gennaro Capuozzo.
A 27491. 525 Norwegians who had been hiding from German patrols in caves on the snow covered mountains of Soroy island Norway for three months were rescued by four British destroyers of the Home Fleet who raced in broad daylight 60 miles behind enemy lines and took them safely to a British port (Gourock)
Rare pictures from the Battle of Berlin in April 1945.
Extremely rare Life Magazine photos of the days leading up to and after the historic D-Day invasion have been put on display, nearly 70 years after World War II's dramatic turning point.
