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Kazimiera Mika, a ten-year-old Polish girl, mourns the ...

Jana Ostroroga Street, Warsaw, Poland

Date1939-09-03

Status coordinate The location is in this area

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Kazimiera Mika, a ten-year-old Polish girl, mourns the death of her older sister

On Wed. 04 Oct 1939 Adolf Hitler at a German military p...

Warsaw, Poland

Date1939-10-05

Status coordinate The location is in a (the vicinity of a) city or town

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On Tues. 19 Sep 1939 Construction of Graf Zeppelin was...

Baden-Baden, Germany

Date1939-09-19

Status coordinate The location is in a (the vicinity of a) city or town

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On Tues. 19 Sep 1939 The first official British casualt...

Downingstreet, London, United Kingdom

Date1939-09-19

Status coordinate The location is in a (the vicinity of a) city or town

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On Tues. 19 Sep 1939 The German Army told the SS organi...

Bochnia, Poland

Date1939-09-19

Status coordinate Search area more than 10 km

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On Tues. 19 Sep 1939 German troops imprisoned 170,000 P...

Warsaw, Poland

Date1939-09-19

Status coordinate Search area more than 10 km

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On Tues. 19 Sep 1939 Josef Frantisek attacked advancing...

Kamianka-Buzka, Ukraine

Date1939-09-19

Status coordinate The location is in a (the vicinity of a) city or town

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On Tues. 31 Oct 1939 Vyacheslav Molotov, ugly off sprin...

Kukarka, Russia

Date1939-10-31

Status coordinate The location is in a (the vicinity of a) city or town

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On Wed. 01 Nov 1939 Captain Aritomo Goto relieved as th...

Tokyo, Japan

Date1939-11-01

Status coordinate No location known

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On Wed. 01 Nov 1939 Captain Shutoku Miyazato equipping ...

Tokyo, Japan

Date1939-11-01

Status coordinate The location is in a (the vicinity of a) city or town

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On Wed. 04 Oct 1939 Chinese troops captured Miluo and X...

Miluo near Changsha, China

Date1939-10-04

Status coordinate The location is in a (the vicinity of a) city or town

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On Wed. 01 Nov 1939 Georg von Küchler commanding office...

Hanau, Germany

Date1939-11-01

Status coordinate The location is in a (the vicinity of a) city or town

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On Wed. 01 Nov 1939 Hans-Joachim Marseille reported to ...

Schwechat, Austria

Date1939-11-01

Status coordinate The location is in a (the vicinity of a) city or town

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On Wed. 01 Nov 1939 Heinkel demonstrated the first jet ...

Warnemünde, Germany

Date1939-11-01

Status coordinate Several locations

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On Wed. 01 Nov 1939 Soviet Union purchases too much war...

Berlin, Germany

Date1939-11-01

Status coordinate The location is in a (the vicinity of a) city or town

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On Tues. 05 Dec 1939 Heavy fighting took place in the K...

Karelia, Finland

Date1939-12-05

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On Tues. 05 Dec 1939 Japanese battleship Hiei undergoin...

Tsukuge, Japan

Date1939-12-05

Status coordinate No location known

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On Wed. 22 Nov 1939 German aircraft dropped magnetic mi...

Thames, United Kingdom

Date1939-11-22

Status coordinate No location known

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On Wed. 25 Oct 1939 French cruiser Dupleix captured Ger...

Senegal

Date1939-10-25

Status coordinate No location known

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On Wed. 25 Oct 1939 HMS Hermes departed Dakar

Dakar, Senegal

Date1939-10-25

Status coordinate The location is in a (the vicinity of a) city or town

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Fred Vogels posted a comment in Flight of Mosquito VI HJ829 and Flying Officer S P Marlatt on 1943-11-11

Thanks for the update Tecwyn Pierce

Wednesday, 18 July 2018 07:02

Tecwyn Pierce posted a comment in Flight of Mosquito VI HJ829 and Flying Officer S P Marlatt on 1943-11-11

I'm not sure if this is a coincidence but I believe a Flying Officer Sholto Paton Marlatt, known as ...

Tuesday, 17 July 2018 23:30

Michael Kenny posted a comment in 17 Field Company RE building Bailey Pontoon Bridge over the River Orne

IWM Film shows this bridge with engineers working on it and the date of the film is 28 June 1944. Th...

Saturday, 14 July 2018 22:46

Donna posted a comment in Lancaster LL914

Sergeant A D Jones was my grand father and my nan was pregnant with my dad when he died in action. I...

Friday, 13 July 2018 23:36

Sandra Lynne Janzen posted a comment in Handley Page Halifax III (LV880 MH-C) on a mission to Tergnier on 1944-04-11

Mr. Keith, please email me, sljanzen at gmail dot com. I have a little information to share with you...

Wednesday, 11 July 2018 16:29

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Sunday, 17 June 2018 15:03

Looking for information. My father (John L. "Jack" Francis) now deceased served with the 467th during WWII

467 Engineer Maintenance Company, Detachment B stayed at Mynydd Lliw Monmouthshire on 21 june 1944

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Thursday, 14 June 2018 18:34

A new look on history

So this happened.

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Peter Muurman Monday, 11 June 2018 11:10

Wow that is dumb ignorant and ridiculous.

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Rob Banis Monday, 11 June 2018 15:07

What an ass holes

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Raymond Land Monday, 11 June 2018 16:53

Actually in a roundabout way D-Day was the beginning of our close relationship as within a year we would conquer Germany and be closely intertwined with them until today.

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Rob Christine Monday, 11 June 2018 23:12

OMG, this is unbelievable. If I hadn't just watched the video, I wouldn't have believed anyone could be that stupid.

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John Bowers Tuesday, 12 June 2018 23:52

Yikes

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Jamie O'Malley Wednesday, 13 June 2018 15:48

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Ebo van der Laan Thursday, 14 June 2018 18:34

Trump is the elected President of what? If you have no clue of your own history you clearly have no future

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Thursday, 03 May 2018 10:23

Back to Normandy Strategic Bombing Campaign 1940-1944. A nice animation by IWM which I changed a little bit: https://vimeo.com/263555848

Strategic bombing campaign WWII

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Steve Knowles Thursday, 03 May 2018 10:23

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