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4 days ago · The SS Great Britain played a crucial role in ‘fern fever’, that gripped the country and became a status symbol for wealthy families. The modern-day cases are replicas of the last surviving ...
12 hours ago · The Normandy Invasion was the Allied invasion of western Europe during World War II. It was launched on June 6, 1944 (D-Day), with the simultaneous landing of U.S., British, and Canadian forces on five separate beachheads in Normandy, France. The success of the landings would play a key role in the defeat of the Nazi’s Third Reich.
5 days ago · Formally known as the Dodengang, the Trench of Death near Diksmuide, Belgium has a grim and tragic past. Stretching beside the Yser Canal, it emerged just before the Battle of the Yser in October ...
1 day ago · The Schutzstaffel ( SS; also stylised as ᛋᛋ with Armanen runes; German pronunciation: [ˈʃʊtsˌʃtafl̩] ⓘ; lit. 'Protection Squadron') was a major paramilitary organisation under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Nazi Germany, and later throughout German-occupied Europe during World War II .
4 days ago · Britannic, British ocean liner that was a sister ship of the Olympic and the Titanic. Having never operated as a commercial vessel, it was refitted as a hospital ship during World War I and sank in 1916, reportedly after striking a mine. The Britannic was built by the Belfast firm of Harland and Wolff as part of a class of transatlantic luxury ...
5 days ago · Eighty years ago, on June 6, 1944, some 156,000 Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, to defeat the Nazis. Here’s a look back at one of the most courageous days in history.
23 hours ago · Name Common English terms for the German state in the Nazi era are "Nazi Germany" and the "Third Reich", which Hitler and the Nazis also referred to as the "Thousand-Year Reich" (Tausendjähriges Reich). The latter, a translation of the Nazi propaganda term Drittes Reich, was first used in Das Dritte Reich, a 1923 book by Arthur Moeller van den Bruck. The book counted the Holy Roman Empire ...
