#secondworldwar — Public Fediverse posts

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

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

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 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

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
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

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

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

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

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 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

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

‘Ryanair refused to let us on’: how a couple who’ve lived in UK for 80 years got stuck in Krakow https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/30/how-couple-lived-in-uk-80-years-got-stuck-in-krakow #Brexit #HomeOffice #UkNews #ImmigrationAndAsylum #EuropeanUnion #ForeignPolicy #Europe #Politics #WorldNews #SecondWorldWar #Ryanair #Poland

‘Ryanair refused to let us on’: how a couple who’ve lived in UK for 80 years got stuck in Krakow https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/30/how-couple-lived-in-uk-80-years-got-stuck-in-krakow #Brexit #HomeOffice #UkNews #ImmigrationAndAsylum #EuropeanUnion #ForeignPolicy #Europe #Politics #WorldNews #SecondWorldWar #Ryanair #Poland

‘Ryanair refused to let us on’: how a couple who’ve lived in UK for 80 years got stuck in Krakow
By Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent

Maria and Czeslaw Krupa, who arrived in 1947 and 1948 as dependents of displaced Polish service members, were told they did not have post-Brexit rights to return to UK

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jul/30/how-couple-lived-in-uk-80-years-got-stuck-in-krakow

#Brexit #HomeOffice #UKnews #Immigrationandasylum #EuropeanUnion #Foreignpolicy #Europe #Politics #Worldnews #Secondworldwar #Ryanair #Poland #TheGuardian #LisaOCarrollSeniorcorrespondent

Having just finished my 61st book of the year, I have decided that this will be next escapee from the teetering tower that is my To Be Read Pile!

#Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #CurrentlyReading #Bibliophile #Booklovers #Bookworm #OperationSealion #LeoMcKinstry #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #History #TBRpile

Having just finished my 61st book of the year, I have decided that this will be next escapee from the teetering tower that is my To Be Read Pile!

#Goodreads #ReadingChallenge #CurrentlyReading #Bibliophile #Booklovers #Bookworm #OperationSealion #LeoMcKinstry #SecondWorldWar #WorldWarTwo #History #TBRpile

John Croft obituary
By Michael Smith

Codebreaker at Bletchley Park who later worked at the Home Office and became a successful abstract artist

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/29/john-croft-obituary

#Secondworldwar #Worldnews #HomeOffice #KimPhilby #Art #Artanddesign #Painting #TheGuardian #MichaelSmith

Transgender Experiences in Weimar and Nazi Germany
https://youtu.be/ueuKM6Wqoc0?si=TmfZKdczvD-0wAS7

#histodons #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #history
@history @histodons

Transgender Experiences in Weimar and Nazi Germany
https://youtu.be/ueuKM6Wqoc0?si=TmfZKdczvD-0wAS7

#histodons #SecondWorldWar #WW2 #history
@history @histodons

I'm setting up a Kickstarter for my next book, about Operation Colossus, the first time the British used paratroopers. The pre-launch page is now available, so you can sign up to be informed when the campaign starts.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellphillips/daring-and-determined?ref=50uigr

#WW2 #history #SecondWorldWar #MilitaryHistory #Kickstarter #histodons
@history @militaryhistory @histodons

I'm setting up a Kickstarter for my next book, about Operation Colossus, the first time the British used paratroopers. The pre-launch page is now available, so you can sign up to be informed when the campaign starts.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/russellphillips/daring-and-determined?ref=50uigr

#WW2 #history #SecondWorldWar #MilitaryHistory #Kickstarter #histodons
@history @militaryhistory @histodons

Joy in Greece as Mount Olympus joins Unesco list of world heritage sites
By Helena Smith in Athens

Mythical home of the ancient Greek gods designated alongside the D-day landing beaches in Normandy

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/26/greece-mount-olympus-unesco-world-heritage-site

#Unesco #Heritage #Greece #France #Secondworldwar #Culture #Europe #UnitedNations #Worldnews #TheGuardian #HelenaSmithinAthens

Joy in Greece as Mount Olympus joins Unesco list of world heritage sites https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/26/greece-mount-olympus-unesco-world-heritage-site #Unesco #Heritage #Greece #France #SecondWorldWar #Culture #Europe #UnitedNations #WorldNews

Joy in Greece as Mount Olympus joins Unesco list of world heritage sites https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/26/greece-mount-olympus-unesco-world-heritage-site #Unesco #Heritage #Greece #France #SecondWorldWar #Culture #Europe #UnitedNations #WorldNews

‘Everywhere there were pitifully injured people’: how a newly unearthed memoir captures the devastation of Hiroshima
By Kiyoshi Tanimoto

In an exclusive extract from his memoir, Kiyoshi Tanimoto describes the terrifying trip across the city to locate his wife and child

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/25/hiroshima-memoir-kiyoshi-tanimoto-day-atomic-bomb-fell-exclusive-extract

#Japan #AsiaPacific #Nuclearweapons #Secondworldwar #Autobiographyandmemoir #Biographybooks #Historybooks #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #KiyoshiTanimoto

‘I never mentioned it for 25 years. I didn’t want to be a victim of the bomb’: Hiroshima survivor Koko Kondo on horror, anger and forgiveness
By Simon Hattenstone

On that fateful day in 1945, Kondo was just a baby in her mother’s arms. She talks about her father’s newly discovered eye-witness account of the aftermath – and why she decided to continue his work as a peace campaigner

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/25/koko-kondo-last-living-survivors-hiroshima-atomic-bomb-kiyoshi-tanimoto-memoir

#Japan #AsiaPacific #Nuclearweapons #Secondworldwar #Autobiographyandmemoir #Biographybooks #Books #Culture #TheGuardian #SimonHattenstone

My next book is about the attack on the Tragino aqueduct. I got an email from the son of a veteran of that action earlier today, which included this sentence:

BTW the early version of the cover art is, to me, instantly recognizable as Tragino.

I am very pleased 😃

#SecondWorldWar #WWII #MilitaryHistory
@militaryhistory

Polish-Ukrainian solidarity over Russian threat undermined by bitter historical dispute https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jul/14/poland-ukraine-upa-second-world-war-massacre-dispute #Ukraine #Poland #VolodymyrZelenskyy #DonaldTusk #KarolNawrocki #Europe #SecondWorldWar #Russia #WorldNews

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder ✧

Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (11 July 1890 – 3 June 1967), was a senior British air commander who played a significant role in the Allied victory in the Second World War. After serving in the Royal Flying Corps in the First World War, he rose to command RAF Middle ...

#allied #secondworldwar #royalflyingcorps #worldwar #teddercarpet #wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Tedder,_1st_Baron_Tedder

𝗪𝗜𝗞𝗜𝗣𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔 𝗣𝗜𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗬

✧ de Havilland Mosquito ✧

The de Havilland Mosquito is a British twin-engined multirole combat aircraft introduced during the Second World War. Nicknamed the "Wooden Wonder", it features a mostly wooden airframe. Originally designed as an unarmed fast bomber, it was adapted for roles including photo-reconnaissance, nig...

#secondworldwar #woodenwonder #mosquito #royalairforce #raf #wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito