Earlier this week, after Instagram, Facebook, and Threads went down, "Leave the World Behind" took off on social media. The trend's bizarre origins have something in common with Alex Garland’s new movie "Civil War."
All the Light We Cannot See, written and directed by Steven Knight and produced by Shawn Levy, tells the story of Marie-Laure.
Pictures of people during World War II who were pushed to the edge.
On February 15 some seventy years ago, many lost their lives during the notorious Battle of Manila --- the war waged between the American forces
A Holocaust survivor has begun a tour of schools to ensure the younger generation learn about the World War Two experiences of Jews.
These posters helped the British public prepare for air raids in WW2.
Japanese-Americans interned at a camp during World War II tell their stories
The incredible stories of the gay men who fought for the British during the two world wars has been revealed in a new book - on the 50th anniversary of the decriminalisation of homosexuality.
These tightly focused stories of Jewish life in Nazi-occupied Poland should be be remembered, as vital historical witness and as great literature
Wellcome Library in London has a record of the history of medicine in art that makes us appreciate how far the modern medicine has come
The cohort of female writers making their literary debuts this year boasts a set of powerful and thought-provoking fact and fiction
Here are five groups of soldiers that prove that no matter how implausible the plot, some military unit, somewhere, has topped it.
In this excerpt from her book If This Is a Woman, British author Sarah Helm unearths the story of Ravensbrück, a camp run by the Nazis that was largely forgotten after the war.
BBC Radio Ulster dramatises the real-life love story of an English soldier and the Irishwoman he met during World War One
World War Two, London, England, September 3rd 1939, People reading newspapers while waiting outside 10 Downing Street to hear the Declaration of War following the German invasion of Poland
A look at the true heroes of World War II.
Today’s thriving historical fiction genre provides readers with an escape […]
Unpublished color photos taken by LIFE magazine’s Frank Scherschel capture countless vivid moments in newly-liberated France after the historic and bloody D-Day invasion in 1944.
World War II, 15th June 1944, England, Press Information during the D-Day Invasion of France, The list of accredited correspondents are checked by Junior Commander JH Begg and two WAAF and CWAC...
Learning about history is an important part of understanding the world around us, but it can be daunting to know where to begin. Wouldn’t it be great if someone else curated historical facts in bite sized pieces to give to you every day? Look no further than the History Defined Instagram account! This page shares facts, stories and videos, so followers can “learn weird things about history” every single day just by logging onto Instagram. We’ve gathered some of the most interesting posts from History Defined, so you can have some historical fun facts in your back pocket to share with others. Then if you’re still hungry for more history lessons, we’ve got another Bored Panda piece featuring a similar Instagram page for you to check out next right here
Hamburg in 1945 was a tough, broken place, reeling from the war. Off duty from the RAF I stumbled into a black market – and met the love of my life
Long before the OPEC gas crisis of the 1970s, Americans who owned cars in the 1940s were limited to the amount of gasoline they could buy due to the consequences of World War II. Starting in early 1942, gasoline was deemed a precious commodity and, due to its limited supply, was needed to fuel our p...
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Admit it: Most of your perception of history comes mostly from Hollywood blockbusters and skewed textbooks.
From a World War II love story to the opulent life of a Russian tsarina.
This PowerPoint was created to engage my class in what it might have been like to leave their family and be evacuated from the city to the countryside during World War 2. The PowerPoint/lesson comes in two parts. The first gives children a prompt for leaving their family and journeying on a train wh...
An ornate Victorian manor sat in picturesque surroundings overlooking the River Thames at Medmenham, Buckinghamshire. Perhaps not the first place that springs to mind when considering the top-secret photographic interpretation that helped secure an Allied victory in the Second World War, but this was the headquarters of the Allied Central Interpretation Unit. It was here […]
A young French woman makes eyes at an RAF officer after the liberation of Paris during World War II, 1944.
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Voices of World War 1 Originally known as Armistice Day, and in England it’s still known as Remembrance Day, Veteran’s Day (as it’s now known here) came about as the result of the end of World War 1, The War To End All Wars as it came […]
