Subscribe to Second by Second World War- In the news: Remembrance Day/Veterans Day–11 November 2021Thursday 11 November 2021 — Remembrance Day Once again, we gather to remember that eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, when the guns fell silent and the great war ended. It is time to honour and … Continue reading →
- In the news: Remembrance Day/Veterans Day–11 November 2020Wednesday 11 November 2020 — Remembrance Day Once again, we gather to remember that eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, when the guns fell silent and the great war ended. It is time to honour and … Continue reading →
- In the news: Memorial Day 2020We honour our troops and veterans on Memorial Day, Monday 25 May 2020. The photograph to the left shows working dog Army K-9 officer Daga, a Belgian Malinois. Daga is a member of the 793rd Military Police Battalion—a unit that … Continue reading →
- In the news: Remembrance Day/Veterans Day–11 November 2019Monday 11 November 2019 – Remembrance Day Once again, we gather to remember that eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, when the guns fell silent and the Great War ended. It is time to honour and … Continue reading →
- Book review: Ernest HemingwayErnest Hemingway: A Biography — by Mary V. Dearborn Only after visiting ‘Hemingway House’—Ernest Hemingway’s former home, now a museum, in Key West, Florida—did I become a keen fan of Ernest Hemingway, the writer. For me, the appeal came partly … Continue reading →
- In the news: Remembrance Day/Veterans Day–11 November 2021
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This week in the War, 16–22 April 1945: Birthday in the bunker
Hitler’s birthday, 20 April, was a special day in the Nazi calendar and normally a cause for parades and festivities across the German Reich. Not long before the beginning of the war, 20 April 1939, Hitler had celebrated his 50th birthday. … Continue reading
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This week in the War, 26 March–1 April 1945: Hitler goes into his bunker
On 1 April 1945, Adolf Hitler vacated his apartments and his headquarters in the Reich Chancellery and descended into his bunker beneath the Reich Chancellery gardens: the Fuehrerbunker. From then on, he lived below ground and only occasionally ventured to … Continue reading
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