In April 1945 the Swedish Red Cross launched the largest rescue operation of World War II – the mission, involving the now-iconic “White Buses”, ultimately saved 15,000 prisoners
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On the Resistance in Belgium platform, anyone can research resistance activities in Belgium during World War II
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Remembering Betty Webb: Bletchley Park and Pentagon code breaker
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Book review of Robert Ferguson's fascinating history of the experiences of the Norwegians during the five years of German occupation
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Former Lenin Museum in Tampere, which opened in 1946 as a symbol of Finnish-Russian friendship, has rebranded amid Ukraine war
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Restitution project genealogists track down rightful heirs of Nazi-looted books
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The forgotten story of the largest stadium ever constructed
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How France uncovered the mystery of the forbidden photos of Nazi-occupied Paris
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Building the worst WW2 air force - terrible aircraft and how to sell them (feat. @AnimarchyHistory)
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Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the 1940s are being returned to Chile's remote territory of Easter Island
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German Navy Enigma machine systems were different to the Army, making them tougher to crack. In this video, James Grime discusses the differences and what Alan Turing achieved in breaking the code.
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Divers find remains of Finnish WWII plane that was shot down by Moscow with a US diplomat aboard
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World War II ‘rumor clinics’ helped America battle wild gossip
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Monica de Wichfeld awarded Blue plaque honour in Derrylin, Northern Ireland – was a leading member of the Danish resistance against Nazi occupation in World War II
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Wreckage likely belonging to a British submarine that sank during World War II was found off the coast of Norway
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A replica of a boat that carried Danish Jews to safety in Sweden anchors an exhibit at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in NYC
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Gilleleje remembers one of the greatest collective acts of resistance of World War II – its role in the flight and escape of over 7,000 Danish Jews
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The campaign in the desert of North Africa in 1940-1943 mapped
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Why 95% of Denmark's Jews survived the Holocaust
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Crippling Hitler's navy – the battle that knocked out 50% of the Kriegsmarine's destroyers in Norway
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Mike the headless chicken
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Mers el Kebir 1940 - Britain attacks her ally
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Maps Are Fun! (1946)
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WWII animated: Second Sino-Japanese War 1937-1941
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When hope is a hindrance
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According to a woman tasked with checking for poison in Adolf Hitler's meals, Hitler was sympathetic to vegetarianism
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Battle of Savo Island 1942: America's worst naval defeat
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WW2 animated: Western Front, 1944-1945. Part 1
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Battle of Drøbak Sound, 1940 - "Either I will be decorated or court martialed. Fire!"
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The legendary Commando raid at St. Nazaire | The greatest raid of all time
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The Polish doctors who used science to outwit the Nazis
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The USAAF intercepts and shoots down Admiral Yamamoto, 1943 - Animated
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A Capital Plan - National Film Board documentary from 1949 on Ottawa, Canada
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Richard Feynman and the bomb
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How New York City vaccinated six million people in less than a month
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Marine archaeologists catch a break on the bottom of the Baltic Sea: A 75-year-old Enigma machine
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"Brilliant" plans to win WW2: How France planned to win the war against Nazi Germany
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Black troops were welcome in Britain, but Jim Crow wasn’t: The race riot of one night in June 1943
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Hiroshima (1946)
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World War Two animated: Western Front 1940
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The hunt for the German battleship Tirpitz, '42-44
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the cutting room floor
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Eastern Front of WWII animated: 1944/1945
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Eastern Front of WWII animated: 1943/44
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WW2 Eastern Front animated: 1942
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