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After giving care for a scalp wound, a Japanese baby is cared for by men a medical unit of the 27th Infantry Division.
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The baby was discovered by a tank crew during the fighting below Mt. Tapotchau on Saipan in July of 1944. 🗻 Saipan 15 June 1944 Two 4th Division US Marines take cover in a shell hole on Saipan, June 1944 . On June 15, 1944, during the Pacific Campaign, U.S.…
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Vera Salvequart – for war crimes.
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28 year old Vera Salvequart had not been an SS guard, but rather a prisoner herself in Ravensbrück concentration camp. She was born on the 26th of November 1919 in Czechoslovakia of Czech and German parents and had trained as a nurse. According to her she served 10 months in…
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The Farnese Atlantic, National Archaeological Museum of Naples.
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The Farnese Atlantic, National Archaeological Museum of Naples. The Farnese Atlantis is a 1.85 m high marble sculpture dating back to the 2nd century AD. The statue belongs to the group of sculptures from the Farnese collection found in the Terme di Caracalla in Rome in 1546 and then moved…
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During World War II, millions of people were sent to concentration camps, including women.
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Women in concentration camps were subjected to brutal treatment and often faced more severe conditions than their male counterparts. The conditions in the camps were inhumane, and women were often subjected to forced labor, starvation, and medical experiments. Women were treated differently in concentration camps than men. They were often…
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IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HERO’S
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The smallest artefact can grow into an extremely long trail and important story. This Ulster Volunteer Force lapel badge from 1913 belonged to the husband of the cook for Lord and Lady Smiley of Drumalis in Larne.He farmed a local farm known as Droagh Farm near Larne and he was…
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The Human Problem: The High Cost of War Paid by Women
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“Kill! Kill! In the German race there is nothing but evil. Stamp out the fascist beast once and for all in its lair! Use force and break the racial pride of these German women. Take them as your lawful booty. Kill! As you storm forward. Kill! You gallant soldiers of…
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Horace Seaver “Stump” Carswell Jr. was a United States Army major who was killed in action while serving as a member of the Army Air Forces during World War II. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
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After the German invasion of Poland, Carswell decided to join the U.S. Army Air Forces. He was appointed a flying cadet in Dallas on March 26, 1940, and trained at Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Randolph and Kelly Fields, Texas, getting his commission and wings toward the end of 1940. He instructed…
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Many people are thinking that Africa had no history.
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However, historical and archeological studies have proven that Africa has a richer and greater history than ancient historians have tried to have us believe.
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An emaciated female Jewish survivor of a death march lies in an American military field hospital in Volary, Czechoslovakia.
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Pictured is twenty-six year old Elizabeth Klein. The Helmbrechts death march was one of hundreds of forced marches that occurred near the end of the war. As Allied troops closed in on Germany from all sides, the prisoners in concentration camps and slave labor commandos were evacuated to camps further…
