European Theatre of Operations (ETO)

The European theatre of World War II was the main theatre of combat during World War II. It saw heavy fighting across Europe for almost six years, starting with Germany’s invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and ending with the Western Allies conquering most of Western Europe, the Soviet Union conquering most of Eastern Europe and Germany’s unconditional surrender on 8 May 1945 (Victory in Europe Day).

The Allied powers fought the Axis powers on two major fronts (the Eastern Front and Western Front) as well as in a strategic bombing offensive and in the adjoining Mediterranean and Middle East theatre.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_theatre_of_World_War_II

 

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Jan Iwanowski

26 August 2019 Lars McKie 0

Decades later it is hard to fully comprehend the incredible story of Mr Jan Iwanowski. From Polish army to Red Army POW to PAF pilot via a Siberian Gulag and evacuation with ‘Anders Army’; his [Read more]

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Guy Whidden

30 July 2019 Lars McKie 0

GUY WHIDDEN – US Army, 101st Airborne Division, 502nd PIR As Paratrooper Guy Whidden during the early hours of D-day June 6th 1944 jumped out of an airplane over Normandy plastic 1/6th scale toys would [Read more]

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Elizabeth Johnson

25 June 2019 Lars McKie 0

The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion aka “Six Tripple Eight” was an all-black battalion of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) and had 855 women serving, both enlisted and officers, under the command of Major Charity [Read more]

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Harold Billow

27 April 2019 Lars McKie 0

As he laid face-down on the snowy ground in a field at the Baugnez crossroads on December 17th 1944 he had to stifle his breath while “playing dead”. A slight movement will result in instant [Read more]

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Les Rutherford

20 February 2019 Nick Devaux 0

LES RUTHERFORD – British Army Dunkirk escapee, RAF Lancaster bomb aimer Les Rutherford joined the British Army in 1938 and found himself as part of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) fighting with with 51st Highland [Read more]

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Les Grafton

8 February 2019 Lars McKie 0

Imagine being a 12 year old London resident living through the German bombing campaign of 1940 and 1941. Your childhood containing almost daily bombing raids on your city in a deliberate campaign to put terror [Read more]