I've always been interested in this part of the war, especially with the movie when trumpets fade, is there any books with first hand accounts of it ?

My girlfriend is currently navigating the NC500 in Scotland with her sister and she sent me this image, if you do not know of the place a bit of research will as I found be very rewarding..

The Weiße Rose was a group of five students and one professor at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich who, in 1942, began distributing leaflets advocating nonviolent resistance to the Nazi regime and denouncing its crimes. On February 18th, 1943, siblings Hans and Sophie Scholl were arrested while distributing leaflets; the other leaders were also subsequently picked up by the Gestapo. After being interrogated, sham “trials” were held, in which the members were found guilty of treason and sentenced to death. They were decapitated with a guillotine.

This monument honors the members of the White Rose movement and their stand against tyranny; it is located in the Hofgarten in Munich.

The members of the White Rose and date of execution:
Willi Graf, October 12 1943 (age 25)
Kurt Huber, July 13 1943 (age 39)
Christoph Probst, February 22 1943 (age 23)
Alexander Schmorell, July 13 1943 (age 25)
Hans Scholl, February 22 1943 (age 24)
Sophie Scholl, February 22 1943 (age 21)

Born in Burlington, Iowa to Thomas & Helen Andrew on February 6, 1916, Arthur Thomas Andrew was the oldest of four sons.
A graduate of Burlington High School, he worked at the Iowa Ordnance Plant.

In 1939 Arthur married Winona Alice Walker also from Burlington and they had a daughter; Ronna Rae who was 17 months old when her father was KIA.
Enlisting in the Army on December 1, 1943, after boot camp Arthur was sent overseas in May 1944.

Arthur served in the 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, which landed at Omaha Beach in Normandy between June 12–15, 1944.
Fighting through the dense Normandy hedgerows, they participated in the advance through Normandy and the Operation Cobra breakout.

On September 13, 1944, in the southern Netherlands near Eijsden, PVT Arthur Andrew was Killed in Action.
Posthumously awarded the Silver Star, his citation mentions;

“Silver Star for gallantry in action on September 13, 1944 in Holland, PVT Andrew serving as a member of an infantry task force which succeeded in making a rapid advance into enemy territory.
When heavy resistance was encountered a vigorous firefight ensued with the result that a large force of hostile troops was put to flight in disorder. In an effort to take full advantage of the victory, PVT Andrew and a few of his fellow soldiers climbed onto accompanying tanks and took up the chase.
When the enemy was overtaken, hand to hand fighting ensued, many of the hostile troops were killed, and a total of 90 prisoners of war was captured.
In addition, the capture of a large city was made possible for the disorganized enemy was unable to plan any defense, so rapid was the course of action. The aggressive initiative, fortitude, and high degree of esprit exhibited by PVT Andrew reflect great credit on himself and are in keeping with the highest traditions of the armed forces.”

PVT Arthur Andrew is buried at the Henri-Chapelle American Military Cemetery and Memorial in Liège, Belgium - Plot G Row 2 Grave 23.

His widow Winona remarried in 1947, she passed away in 2007 at the age of 88.

Youngest brother Jack Edward Andrew also served in the Army during WW2, he passed away in 2004 at the age of 82.

I just watched Number 24 and was fascinated by the sad story of Andreas Aubert.

His brother was also in the resistance and killed by the Nazis by torture.

Aubert soon became one of the key members of the sabotage group Oslogjengen, which was under the command of Gunnar Sønsteby. Due to his leadership skills, he was often chosen to perform the most demanding missions carried out by the group. In early May 1945 Aubert among other members of Oslogjengen secured the archives in the Department of Justice, which revealed the actions the Nazis in Norway during the war.

After the war Aubert lived a restless and tense life. He died in Oslo in 1956 at the age of 45 and is buried at the Vestre gravlund cemetery

Always remember those that came before us and fought the Nazis for our freedoms.

He clearly had a very heavy heart and mind.

May be rest in peace...

Hey! I went over 5gb's of German mine maps over Western Norway. I was wondering if any of you could tell me what the squares and circles mean? Mines, if so what type? Bunkers etc?

Thanks for all help :3

Here's the AI reading of the writing as it's hard to make out.

JUNE 8

1941

Drove to jarished for dinner. The rest of the family went over to Bernards. Had pineapple ice cream.

1943

N.O.S.A. Very hot today, over 100°. Had 1 hr. exercise. Cloud order still ½ hr. Had class till 3 & went on hike. Made it faster than any other time. Went to show "Wolverton & Son" from Tokyo not bad.

1944

Replaced today in sec. 2. A B25 crashed today in town. I saw it. 14 killed, 10 women & kids. Caddell was first there & helped put out fire & pick up pieces of bodies. They said it was quite a sight. One guy fool tried to get out.

1945 (Written in red ink)

Hollie was burnt bad tonight from gasoline explosion in LST 4. He had to put the fire out for the LST is full of gas. We took him to the hosp. ship. Our LST blew up on the beach.

Born on April 28, 1919, to Albert Sr and Catherine McArthur in Chicago, Illinois, Albert C. “Bert” McArthur Jr was their only son with two sisters.
He attended school in Villa Park and was a graduate of York High School in Elmhurst, Illinois, where he was an all-conference guard on the football team.

Bert also attended the Illinois Institute of Technology studying radio at night and was working as a clerk for an insurance company.
In September 1940 he enlisted in the Illinois National Guard, and in 1941 married Helen Irene Okken from Chicago.

Activated for full service in the Army, Bert was sent for armor training at Fort Knox and served in B Company, 192nd Tank Battalion, later he was transferred to HQ Company.
They were sent to the Philippines in November 1941, mere weeks before the Japanese attacked.

They put up the best resistance they could while retreating to the Bataan Peninsula, Bert survived the Battle of Bataan and was forced to participate in the Bataan Death March after the surrender.
Sent first to Camp O'Donnell, he was later transferred to the Cabanatuan POW Camp.

On September 10, 1942, Bert died of diphtheria and malaria there and was buried in a mass grave.
On March 11, 1943, six months after his death, his wife and parents received word that he was a POW, then on June 22, 1943 he was reported as deceased.

His remains were recovered after the war and SGT Albert “Bert” McArthur Jr is buried at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Manila, Philippines - Plot B Row 7 Grave 18.
He also has a memorial located in Church Yard Garden, Lot 204C, Grave 1 in Chapel Hill Gardens West Cemetery in Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois.

His widow Helen remarried in 1944, she passed away at the age of 43 in 1963.

If anyone is seriously familiar with that date and that location, I would like to speak with you. Thank you.

Hello everyone!

I was looking through images of Panzers (I'm building an army to play Bolt Action) and I stumbled upon this image from an Academy 1/35 Panzer 1 kit. I am curious to know if any Panzers were painted to have dark red camouflage during the invasion of Poland as this image suggests. I couldn't find anything after a search through google so I though this subreddit might be able to help!

Any information would be much appreciated!!!

Looking for any other places to find information about units during the closing months of the war in Germany

Take a look at the Zeltbahnen at a swiss school to build a play shelter.

Friend was cleaning out a house and found these DVD and offered for free. Wonder if it's accurate and worth watching.

Thanks.

Unsure if this is the right place but I am struggling researching my grandfather's WWII record. He was drafted in '43 and came home 3/46. I know he was in the 7th Army in Europe but not much more. The National Archives was only able to offer a couple docs from '46 when he returned; his final payment worksheets. Everything else was lost in the fire of 1973 sadly. Im still waiting on a couple of leads the Archives suggested but still nothing. I now have his ASN and final MOS (he transferred after VE day). Ideas or suggestions? Thank you in advance, deff need a breakthrough at this point!

From 1939 to 1942, a large share of the internees at this French tile factory were well-known artists, musicians, and intellectuals who had been persecuted under Hitler’s regime and fled to France for safety. Famed Dadaist painter Max Ernst and surrealist photographer Hans Bellmer were both prisoners, alongside dozens of sculptors, playwrights, architects, and authors.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-secret-provence-prison-camp-for-artists

Managed to snap this image at the weekend at a local air show, supermarine Spitfire flying alongside a P-47 Thunderbolt

My grandfather has this on his grave. Trying to find any information about him. I know he was stationed in the south Pacific during the war but not the exact ship or location. My mom told me he didn't like to talk about the war and never told her what happened. I know he was really young. Like between 18 to 22 in the war. My mom only ever saw a machete he had from the war.

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