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Village life

I am writing for my grandmother.In one day, in the village she was living,the russians arrived with their...

POSTSCIPT TO 25 JULY 1944

Remembrance Day shock for Storrington Ex-service pensioners. I would like to think that the RAFA home at...

No Words Necessary

I made friends with a german soldier, neither of us could speak the others language... We became very good...

Bilsen Concentration Camp

I was advancing through Germany near Hanover, to meet with my Kernel at Bilsen Concentration camp, the day...

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Stalag XIB Dick Playford

He was captured on the 6th April 1944 and held at Stalag XIB... He was in the Normandy Landings by Glider...

Authorisation to cycle passicon for Story with photo

Bearer Wren Irwin 84093 is authorised to ride a cycle in the R.N barracks....

POW in 'friendly fire' in Berlin

I was a POW near Berlin during the bombing raids of November 1943 - March 1944....

WW2 Service.

WW2 Service. Complete story from time of enlistment on 18/10/1939 until being relieved by Russians on VE...

Tank Driver

My grandfather Tom Thompson drove a tank into Berlin during the Liberation....

Lamsdorf marchicon for Story with photo

The picture below illustrates POW's being marched from East Prussia to Germany in 1945. It is from an...

quiet heroes

My dad was in the troops that liberated Belsen Bergen, though he didn't go into the camp hardly at all-...

quiet heroes

My dad was in the troops that liberated Belsen Bergen, though he didn't go into the camp hardly at all-...

Holland

My grandfather was in WWII. I believe he was fighting in Holland. His name was Frederick Burns and was from...

Memories of Oflag 79icon for Story with photo

The full story is on bobking-leros....

An Aerodrome, where?icon for Story with photo

An Aerodrome, where. This could be an aerodrome anywhere in England until you look closely and see the...

My War Experiences

The account, which includes the death of Heinrich Himmler, is 15 pages long. I cannot discover how to send...

The People's War - A German family's story

It's a good story and tells people in England how the war was for ordinary Germans....

'Stirling Castle'icon for Story with photo

This story follows on from the piece on my personal pages U1103694 & U1702199....

Achman, Germany 1945icon for Story with photo

Achman, Germany 1945...

A Hungarian in Germany

A Hungarian in Germany...

Germany 1945icon for Story with photo

Germany 1945...

Football in Stalag 8bicon for Story with photo

See related stories Friend or Foe Swapping Identities Stalag 8B....

British Victory Parade in Berlinicon for Story with photo

British Victory Parade in Berlin...

Ercall Platoon Social and Sports Clubicon for Story with photo

Ercall Platoon Social & Sports Club Membership Card....

besatzungskind

Born 19.3.1946 produced by a british soldier 1945, I presume in Schleswig Holstein.... send the message to...

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