#second-world-war — Public Fediverse posts

‘I’ll probably feel emotional’: Kindertransport centenarian prepares to revisit site of family separation
By Mark Brown North of England correspondent

North Shields’ Gabriele Keenaghan was 12 when she was evacuated from Nazi Austria in 1939. She remembers the shock of leaving her family at Westbahnhof station

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/24/ill-probably-feel-emotional-kindertransport-centenarian-prepares-to-revisit-site-of-family-separation

#Holocaust #Nazism #Secondworldwar #UKnews #Austria #Europe #TheGuardian #MarkBrownNorthofEnglandcorrespondent

Republic RP-43 Scale Models https://www.destinationsjourney.com/scale-model-aircraft-photographs/republic-rp-43-scale-models/ #Aircraft, #Airplane, #Aviation, #RAAF, #RepublicP-43, #RoyalAustralianAirForce, #ScaleModel, #ScaleModelAircraft, #SecondWorldWar, #WorldWarTwo

Sneak peek into my first ever Boneyards of Steel talk (details available next week)

WWII poster printed by Ford, Shapland and Co Ltd. London depicting Supermarine Spitfire, promoting the merits of salvage!

#aviation #aviationHistory #archaeology #wwII #Secondworldwar #militaryAviation

US navy carrier set to honor Black war hero may reportedly be renamed after Trump
By George Chidi

Sources say US navy is working to rename carrier originally planned to honor second world war sailor Doris Miller

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/21/navy-carrier-black-war-hero-trump-report

#USmilitary #USnews #USpolitics #DonaldTrump #Trumpadministration #Secondworldwar #TheGuardian #GeorgeChidi

US navy carrier set to honor Black war hero may reportedly be renamed after Trump https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/21/navy-carrier-black-war-hero-trump-report #UsMilitary #UsNews #UsPolitics #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdministration #SecondWorldWar

#MigrationStudies #RefugeePolicy #SecondWorldWar #HolocaustStudies

@TotesTanked have you heard this claim before about where the Valentine tank's name came from?

It's new to me.

#Tank #SecondWorldWar #WW2 @militaryhistory

Conversations with an Executioner: a chilling classic reveals the mind of a Nazi mass murderer
By Jo Glanville

Nearly 50 years after it was published, a book written by a Polish war hero, outlining his dialogue with an SS general cellmate has finally been translated into English

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/aug/17/conversations-with-an-executioner-a-chilling-classic-reveals-the-mind-of-a-nazi-mass-murderer

#Books #Nazism #Warcrimes #Secondworldwar #Poland #Culture #Europe #TheGuardian #JoGlanville

The Focke-Wulf Ta 154 Moskito was a twin-engined German night fighter aircraft designed by Kurt Tank and produced by Focke-Wulf during late World War II. About 50 production aircraft were completed, and a number of the A-0 pre-production aircraft were modified to production standard. An unknown number of the aircraft served with Nachtjagdgeschwader 3. https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/focke-wulf-ta-154/ #Luftwaffe #WorldWarTwo #SecondWorldWar #Aviation #aeroplane #airplane #fighter

Avia 534 in German Service. Germany confiscated a large number of Avia B-534 fighters from Czechoslovakia, subsequently using them as fighter trainers in several fighter pilot training schools. They were also used as glider tugs and target tugs.
https://www.destinationsjourney.com/historical-military-photographs/avia-534-in-german-service/ #AviaB534 #fighter #Luftwaffe #aviation #aeroplane #airplane #WorldWarTwo #SecondWorldWar #WW2

‘The spirit of resistance’: De Gaulle biopic turns into surprise hit for France’s younger viewers
By Kim Willsher in Paris

Historians argue box office enthusiasm shows desire for unifying figure as country faces political division

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/16/biopic-of-war-hero-charles-de-gaulle-becomes-surprise-hit-france

#CharlesdeGaulle #Worldnews #France #Secondworldwar #Europe #Film #Culture #TheGuardian #KimWillsherinParis

Woman arrested after second world war memorial in DC vandalized
By Edward Helmore

Suspect faces two felony charges after memorial filled with bubbles and spray-paint reading ‘Clean hands Dirty $’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/14/world-war-two-memorial-dc-vandalism

#WashingtonDC #USnews #USpolitics #UScrime #Trumpadministration #Secondworldwar #USmilitary #Worldnews #TheGuardian #EdwardHelmore

Memorial for second world war vandalized with bubbles and graffiti in Washington https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/14/world-war-two-memorial-dc-vandalism #WashingtonDc #UsNews #UsPolitics #UsCrime #TrumpAdministration #SecondWorldWar #UsMilitary #WorldNews

France’s complex picture of collaborating with and combating Nazis | Letters
By Guardian Staff

Some young French joined the armed Milice, who worked with the occupiers, and other fought in the Resistance, says Michael Rosen. And Anthony Lodge writes on Charles de Gaulle

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/11/france-complex-picture-of-collaborating-with-and-combating-nazis

#Secondworldwar #France #Europe #Nazism #TheGuardian #GuardianStaff

Nazi shipwrecks emerge from the depths as Europe’s Danube dries up
By Oliver Holmes

Unexploded ordnance and a military motorcycle also recovered owing to record heat and drought conditions

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/08/nazi-shipwrecks-emerge-europe-danube-dries-up-record-heat

#Drought #Europe #Climatecrisis #Environment #Worldnews #Extremeheat #Hungary #Slovakia #Secondworldwar #TheGuardian #OliverHolmes

Nazi shipwrecks emerge from the depths as Europe’s Danube dries ups https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/08/nazi-shipwrecks-emerge-europe-danube-dries-up-record-heat #Drought #Europe #ClimateCrisis #Environment #WorldNews #ExtremeHeat #Hungary #Slovakia #SecondWorldWar

We need a wartime mindset to fight the threat of wildfires | Seth Klein
By Seth Klein

While many leaders compare the wildfire crisis to the second world war, governments fail to adopt the real lessons of pre-emptive wartime action

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/06/wildfires-europe-world-war-two

#Climatecrisis #USnews #Environment #Worldnews #Europe #Canada #Wildfires #Secondworldwar #TheGuardian #SethKlein

We need a wartime mindset to fight the threat of wildfires | Seth Klein https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/06/wildfires-europe-world-war-two #ClimateCrisis #UsNews #Environment #WorldNews #Europe #Canada #Wildfires #SecondWorldWar

The Guardian view on French cinema’s De Gaulle moment: present anxieties inform a new focus on the past | Editorial
By Editorial

A wave of films dealing with the second world war is captivating a nation facing major contemporary challenges

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/05/the-guardian-view-on-french-cinemas-de-gaulle-moment-present-anxieties-inform-a-new-focus-on-the-past

#CharlesdeGaulle #CinemaParadiso #Film #France #Europe #Culture #Secondworldwar #TheGuardian #Editorial

Himmler’s ‘anti-Nazi’ masseur: exposing the lies and fantasies of the SS chief’s ‘magic Buddha’
By Geoffrey Macnab

Felix Kersten, the personal therapist of Hitler’s principal enforcer, claimed to have saved countless lives from the Holocaust. A new feature film exposes him as a narcissist prone to myth-making

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/05/himmlers-anti-nazi-masseur-exposing-the-lies-and-fantasies-of-the-ss-chiefs-magic-buddha

#Film #Periodandhistoricalfilms #Culture #Secondworldwar #Nazism #TheGuardian #GeoffreyMacnab

Lucky Strike review – likably manly Scott Eastwood fights his way home in second world war yarn
By Leslie Felperin

Scott (son of Clint) is a wounded soldier behind enemy lines in this competent thriller with tense set pieces and clunky passages

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/04/lucky-strike-review-scott-eastwood

#Film #Warfilms #Actionandadventurefilms #Secondworldwar #Culture #Worldnews #TheGuardian #LeslieFelperin

Wingtip from downed fighter jet flown by ace pilot brought to US museum https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/04/wingtip-richard-bong-plane-wisconsin #UsMilitary #UsNews #Wisconsin #SecondWorldWar #Heritage #WorldNews #Culture

Wingtip from downed fighter jet flown by ace pilot brought to US museum
By Ramon Antonio Vargas and agencies

Lockheed P-38 Lightning nicknamed ‘Marge’ and flown by Richard Bong crashed in 1944 over what is now Papua New Guinea

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/04/wingtip-richard-bong-plane-wisconsin

#USmilitary #USnews #Wisconsin #Secondworldwar #Heritage #Worldnews #Culture #TheGuardian #RamonAntonioVargas #agencies