World War II

Battle of London

London at the outset of war in 1939 was the greatest city in the world, the heart of the British Empire. The defiant capital had always been Adolf Hitler's prime target and 1945, the last year of the war, saw the final phase of the battle of London.
The Blitz and other bombing by the German airforce during World War II killed over 30,000 Londoners and flattened large tracts of housing and other buildings across London. The first air raids on London were mainly aimed at the Port of London in the East End.
London 1945

Bridge at Remagen

While American troops crossed the Rhine the Germans made desperate attempts to destroy the bridge by bombing and even by employing frogmen, but in ten days time 40,000 soldiers crossed the bridge.
Bridge at Remagen

Our mothers' war

Our mothers' war is an eye-opening and moving portrait of women during World War II, a war that forever transformed the way women participate in American society. Never before has the vast range of women's experiences during this pivotal era been brought together in one book.
Women during World War II

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