Switzerland in World War II: Is it still “neutrality” if you have to ...
2016年1月4日 · Switzerland’s neutrality was by no means guaranteed. Hitler openly despised the Swiss for their democracy and felt they had betrayed their German connections. He drew up plans for the invasion of the country in what was known as “Operation Tannenbaum” and mockingly referred to Switzerland as, “a pimple on the face of Europe.”
Cassino ’44: Melee in the Mountains | All About History
2024年11月26日 · The hardest fought battle in Italy during the Second World War came in the winter and spring of 1944 as the previously unstoppable Allied advance on Rome came against the immovable Gustav Line.
Holocaust survivor Nanette Konig on Anne Frank and the last days …
2015年3月7日 · One of the last surviving childhood friends of Anne Frank, 84-year-old Nanette Konig, lends her voice to National Geographic’s documentary Anne Frank: The Nazi Capture, which marks the 70th anniversary of both the end of the war and Anne’s death, and is airing on Tuesday 10 March at 8pm on the National Geographic Channel.
Victoria Helen Duncan and Britain’s World War II Witch Trial
2015年5月14日 · On a dreary November night in 1941, a woman sits alone on a stage in a spiritual church in Portsmouth. Dressed in black silk and her head lolling forward, she is watched eagerly by a small crowd of eager spectators in complete silence.
The Five: Q&A with Phillips O’Brien | All About History
2024年9月16日 · The Second World War saw grand military strategy play out on the largest ever scale, stretching across most of the Earth.
The WI in World War II: How British women kept the countryside …
2015年5月5日 · Now adapted into a major ITV drama, Home Fires, Jambusters: The Story of the Women’s Institute in the Second World War recounts the immensely important and often underrated role the Women’s Institute played in pulling Britain through the war.We spoke to its author, Julie Summers, about the women who kept Britain ticking and the incredible stories …
The Italian Social Republic | All About History
2014年11月26日 · Meanwhile, down south the advancing Allies were breaching every German defence line and were on the road North. As they marched ever nearer, Mussolini attempted to flee to Switzerland. He was captured by partisans near lake Como while attempting to escape and was taken to Milan where he was hung in front of cheering crowds.
“Gung-ho misfits” – Saul David on WW2 British Airborne
2024年6月19日 · Saul David tells the story of the legendary British airborne troops in his latest book, Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War.
“A safe space for people to properly geek out.” Al Murray and …
2024年7月10日 · James May is coming to speak about Spitfire wingtips, and Dermot O’Leary has an entire presentation on the RNLI during WW2. The nature of the Second World War means that there are so many rabbit holes you can disappear down …
Suggs on WW2 Treasure Hunters, Spitfires and Why Small Stories …
2018年11月14日 · WW2 Treasure Hunters has returned to History for a new seven-part series. Co-presented by Madness frontman Suggs and Britain’s foremost amateur detectorist Stephen Taylor, the series brings forgotten stories of the Second World War back to life by unearthing objects from former military sites or battlegrounds across the UK and Western Europe.