A small history project documenting the men of the 187th Engineer Combat Battalion in World War II through obituaries, service records, family photos and anecdotes. It also asks readers to contribute information and photos about the unit.
Website: https://187th-engineering-combat-battalion.ghost.io/
A daily chronicle of World War II that publishes short historical entries on events from the war, matched to their anniversary dates. Each entry gives context and narrative on episodes such as reprisals, massacres and major campaigns.
A Substack-style newsletter by a German historian based in Britain, exploring German history, politics and culture through film, book and travel pieces. Issues combine personal narrative with historical context, such as postwar Germany, Anglo-German relations and Nazi-era legacies.
A family podcast that reads and discusses the letters of Mattie, a Minnesota homemaker, during World War II, episode by episode in near real time. Listeners get household life on the home front, local history of Minneapolis places, and the family's personal dramas and rationing details.
A serialised memoir reconstructing a British medical officer's wartime journeys across Ethiopia and Somaliland in the East African campaign of 1941, with vivid detail on logistics, hospitals and daily hardship. It also covers the Gideon Force and the restoration of Haile Selassie, giving readers an intimate view of a little-told corner of Second World War history.
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