These photographs are part of a chilling collection of WWII photographs taken by a German soldier in the aftermath of Dunkirk. Yesterday, on Remembrance Day, they were a fitting reminder of the fields ...

In May 1940, German Panzer divisions launched a lightning campaign that stunned Europe. Breaking through the Ardennes, they surrounded Allied armies and pushed toward the English Channel, trapping ...

Herbert Lowit supervising the surrender of the German garrison of Dunkirk 10th May 1945 On 1st May 1941 (which happened to be my 18th birthday) I reported for military service with the Czechoslovak ...

IN May 1940 the outgunned British army was cut off from their French allies by Adolf Hitler’s unstoppable German forces, leaving them trapped in the town of Dunkirk. The bedraggled force faced ...

With the release of Christopher Nolan’s critically acclaimed Dunkirk, the world’s attention is once again focused on the historic events recounted in the film, when a makeshift fleet of British ...

Just when a German victory seemed inevitable, Hitler's unexplained hesitation at Dunkirk changed the course of WWII. And it ...

This story was submitted to the site by Steven Greaves on behalf of Burt Price. When Dunkirk was cut off, the Black Watch took over the Royal Marine Commandos who had been in position around Dunkirk.

1. This collection of firsthand accounts by veterans of the 1939-40 Blitzkrieg campaigns delivers insights from two generations. Here are Wehrmacht soldiers conscripted by Hitler’s Third Reich, ...

A quarter-million troops of the British Expeditionary Force, together with about 140,000 French and Belgian soldiers, were safely evacuated from the beaches of Dunkirk, France between May 26 and June ...

On 1st May 1941 (which happened to be my 18th birthday) I reported for military service with the Czechoslovak Independent Brigade at their HQ in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire. After an initial training ...

This story was submitted to the site by Steven Greaves on behalf of Burt Price. When Dunkirk was cut off, the Black Watch took over the Royal Marine Commandos who had been in position around Dunkirk.