WORLD WAR TWO - MISCELLANEOUS

Items of interest that do not actually fit into my other three categories.

Adolph Hitler's last day on Earth. A graphic description of what took place in the Reichbunker in Berlin in May 1945.

Belsen. One of Germany's notorious Concentration Camps. Record and images of a visit I made there when I was in the Army stationed in Hildesheim in the mid 80s. Material from a Belgian source is included. 

Schloss Colditz. A subject of a US film, this was written before the film was produced.  This is how it really was, not some fabled Hollywood version.  The fortress that the Nazi's said the Allies could not escape from - they were wrong!

Enigma. The German Code Machine. This page was written long before another of Hollywood's fictitious epics about how they helped the poor British by capturing a code machine for them (U571).  This is the real account about how a determined cold wet sailor refused to let go of a bag dumped in the sea by captured sailors to find it contained the key to winning the war. Bletchley Park became a highly secret centre for code breaking and it is here that the world's first computer was invented. (Not by IBM!!).

German Surrender Document. From World War 2 detailing just how and where the German Forces were to lay down arms and how U boats were to report to certain ports with exact routes marked out.

German Code Machine Lorenz.
Newspaper Cuttings from World War 2. Funny, serious, authentic!

Personal Stories of WW2. From the eye witnesses themselves. Exclusive to this site. If you have a true WW2 experience to tell, please contact me. Too many true life tales have vanished for ever due to people not talking - or listening. Were you a mariner in the Battle of the Atlantic? Did you serve on with Captain Walker? Did you see the Bismarck go down? Do you hold rare images of WW2? Preserve history NOW! Give me a call.

 
Bletchley Park