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Beaufighter Mk.X LZ397 304FTU, 16SAAF, shot down on 17/06/44, close to Monemvasia, Greece

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Crashed on the island of Icarus: The Beaufighter of Ikaria island

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The bombing of Piraeus on January 11, 1944

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Identifying the air attacks of 1941: Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica hit shipping hard in Greece

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The Battle of Crete in 3D: Realistically recreating the WW2 battlefields

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Help us solve the mystery of a Greek flag from World War 2!

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Japanese ammunition ship Aikoku Maru blowing up; the air crew which dropped the torpedo was missing and believed to have been caught in the explosion. February 17, 1944

The haunting remains of the Aikoku Maru wreck in Truk

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Diving at the WW2 Japanese submarine I-1 wreck in Guadalcanal

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Japanese PoW’s returning home in 1946

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Major Alexis Casdagli, the Battle of Crete and the… “[email protected] Hitler” message

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Battlefield souvenirs: Japan lists 1,140,000 soldiers as Missing In Action. This is their story

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The story of the Greek PZL P24 fighter aircraft, 1940-41

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Thursday 14 November 1940: The day the Greek counter-offensive against the Italians started

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Bunker Archaeology: The German WW2 “Hohlgangsanlage” bunkers of Aegina island, Greece, by Konstantinos Kirimis

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Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat, "Betsy II; downed Jan 29 1943 - Gizo, Solomon Islands.

FOUND! The F6F 3-Hellcat lost in January 1943

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Zine from Nazi-Occupied Greece

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FOUND! “Votrys”, the first true sea-going ship with diesel propulsion worldwide, sunk in 1940

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The truth behind the myths: How many aircraft were shot down in 1940-41 during the Italian campaign against Greece

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Postcards celebrating Greek victories against the Italians in 1940-41

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WW2 bunkers in Greece: Lt. Colonel (ret.) Ilias Kotridis and the “Metaxas line” that stopped the nazis in 1941

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Why did Mussolini select October 28 1940, to start the offensive against Greece?

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Walking in the forgotten battlefield: Hill 731 through the eyes of Italian researcher Riccardo Iacobini

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January 1941: A Greek soldier sends a letter from the front, using an Italian “cartolina” war booty

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WW2 Greek Army 1940 Reenacting Team – Bringing History to life, 76 years after

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“Εχθροί στη ζωή, αδέρφια στο θάνατο” – Η αναστήλωση του μνημείου στο ύψωμα 731

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“Greek Prisoners of War holding up their hands in the fascist salute”: Propaganda as a tool of persuasion

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“The miracle of Virgin Mary” on the mountains of Albania in 1941

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Walking on the footsteps of ghosts: The eerie WW2 battlefields of 1940-41

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Mystery solved! The Greek “kamikaze” who rammed an Italian CANT Z.1007 bomber

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The Greco-Italian war of 1940-41. Harsh winter conditions on the mountains of Albania

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Alexandros Alexandrakis: The soldier-painter of 1940

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Aviation Archaeology: Solving the mystery of the RAF Halifax bomber, EB140 624 squadron, crashed on Wednesday, December 1st, 1943

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Letters from the front: Greek soldiers write back to their families in 1941

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Prelude to war: The diplomacy behind the fascist Italian invasion in Greece, October 1940

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1941: Poets at the front – Greek soldiers write short poems on the back of photos

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FOUND! An Arado Ar196 wreck at Kalathas bay, Crete, by Nikolas Giannoulakis

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1940-41 – The forgotten heroes: The Greek cemeteries in Albania

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Echoes of the past: The forgotten battlefields of the Greek Civil War, 1946-49

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50 years at war: The story of a ravaged country through the eyes of Pavlos Galanos

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A Junkers 88 tail section fished out from the depths in the Aegean Sea, Greece

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The C-47 “Dakota” SX-ECF of the Civil Aviation Authority at the Hellenic Air Force Museum

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The history of warfare through the exhibits of museums in Greece

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A Ju87 Stuka S7+MN crash landed in Eleusis, Greece on June 10, 1942. Further info needed!

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Hellenic Air Force Museum: Flying through decades of aviation history

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Everything You Need to Know: Interview with Jan-Peter Brüning, author of the book Luftwaffe Gravity Knife: Weapon, Tool, Tradition

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Το εικονιζόμενο πλοίο στην φωτογραφία εποχής δεν είναι το Marburg  αλλά το Kybfels στο λιμάνι της Πάτρας που φέρει και αυτό παρόμοιο μηχανισμό στην πλώρη.

Marburg: H βαθύτερη ταυτοποίηση ναυαγίου του Β’ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου στις ελληνικές θάλασσες

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Commemorating the crew of the RAAF Bristol Beaufort A9-317, lost on September 9, 1943

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Dogfight over the Aegean: A minute by minute account of the Air Battle west of Rodos island, October 9, 1943

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Dogfight over the Aegean: The Leverette Report illustrated – P-38 “Lightnings” against Ju 87 “Stukas”, on 9 October 1943

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Markos Danezis: The “magician” who transforms faded memories into vivid images

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Dick Demetriadi – A RAF pilot died on this day, 11 August 1940, aged 21

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FOUND! A Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Sparviero supporting structure for 250 kg bombs

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Spitfire F Mk.1 in flight viewed from slightly above.

RAF pilot Dimosthenis Dimadis: The forgotten story of a Greek pilot

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The search for the B17 and the human bond 7 decades later

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Dmitri Kessel in civil war ravaged Greece, January 1948

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Mitsubishi F1M “Pete” and Nakajima B5N2 “Kate” by Andrew Hamilton

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Συντηρώντας αεροσκάφη που έγραψαν Ιστορία – Συνέντευξη με τον Ιωάννη Μυλωνά

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“Pete” the Japanese nearly intact reconnaissance floatplane of Rabaul

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Yosegaki Hinomaru 日の丸寄せ書き: Returning the flags of their fathers

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Help us identify this Luftwaffe WW2 aircraft part, shot down in April 1941 in Greece

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Luc Vanrell: L’homme qui a trouvé l’avion P-38 Lightning du “Petit Prince” Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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Bunker Archaeology: The WW2 underground shelters of the Royal Hellenic Navy in Salamis island, by Konstantinos Kirimis

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Found and identified: Two WW2 wrecks lost since April 1941

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The last flight of the Viking: Lost at Sea on 5 September 1959

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Machine gunners on alert at dawn, behind their World War One style Vickers machine gun.

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1941: The battle for mainland Greece and Crete, through the paintings of Peter McIntyre from New Zealand

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The WW2 sea mine found in Sifnos

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Vickers Wellington: A rare WW2 treasure at the seabed of the Aegean Sea

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Το νησί των γενναίων: Ένα εικονογραφημένο βιβλίο για τη Μάχη της Κρήτης

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Help us solve the mystery: Wellington W5584, RAF 148 squadron

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The last battle of Sergeant Taichi Ito 伊藤太市 and his Type 97 “Shinhoto Chi-Ha” tank on Shumshu

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Restoring salvaged WW2 aircraft at the Hellenic Air Force Museum

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The WW2 Pacific Treasures of Kwajalein Lagoon by Dan Farnham PART 5- The F1M2 ‘Pete’ wreck at the Shoei Maru

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FOUND: A Junkers 88 lost on May 14, 1943. Spectacular photos by Italian scuba diver Marco Bartolomucci

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Aviation Art: John Korellis on the “Colours and Markings of Hellenic Spitfires”

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Author Dan Farnham films one of the many SBD wrecks on the lagoon bottom at Kwajalein Atoll. Behind it is another nosed-in SBD. (photo by Jessica Holland, used by permission)

The WW2 Pacific Treasures of Kwajalein Lagoon by Dan Farnham Part 20: The SBD Dauntless wrecks of Kwajalein lagoon

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Identified! WW2 German Stuka Ju 87 aircraft S7+GM shot down in a dogfight on October 9 1943 recovered west of Rhodes

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The WW2 Pacific Treasures of Kwajalein Lagoon by Dan Farnham PART 2 – Warrant Officer Nobuo Fujita, the only man who has bombed the continental US and the story of the E14Y1 floatplanes found in a shipwreck

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Pilots of the… Abyss: The aircraft salvagers of the Hellenic Air Force (HAF)

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Lost in Time: A Ju52 WW2 aircraft wreck by Marco Bartolomucci

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Bunker Archaeology: The WW2 buildings of Leros, through the lens of Ingrid Susan Janusch

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Μνήμες στην κοιλάδα των παραμυθιών: Το θρυλικό αεροδρόμιο του Β’ Παγκοσμίου Πολέμου στην Ήπειρο, συνέντευξη με το συγγραφέα Ευθύμιο Ν. Σέρμπη

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Battlefield Archaeology: The massive 340 mm naval guns protecting Keroman U-Boat base at Lorient

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The Mosquito DD615 of 141 Sqn RAF lost on 27.4.1944: The search for the pilot’s relatives

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1941-2019: Germans building a bunker in Crete

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The WW2 Pacific Treasures of Kwajalein Lagoon by Dan Farnham PART 1 – Exploring aircraft wrecks

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The WW2 Pacific Treasures of Kwajalein Lagoon by Dan Farnham Part 17: The mystery of the lost Wildcats at the aircraft graveyard

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Inside a submarine wreck: Aldo Ferrucci’s stunning photos from a WW2 Wreck

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Battlefield Archaeology: The search for the destroyed M10 tank of the US 773rd Tank Destroyer Battalion and its crew, by Gerard Louis

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“Ψάρεψε” αεροσκάφος αξίας 22 εκ. ευρώ

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The Battles for Kos and Leros, 1943 – the new edition of “Churchill’s Folly”

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Battlefield Archaeology: The forgotten bunkers of 1943

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Bunker Archaeology: Exploring the Fleves island Naval Fortress of WW2, with Konstantinos Kirimis

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Bunker Archaeology: The 305 mm naval guns WW2 emplacements, by Konstantinos Kirimis

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Battlefield Archaeology: A bird’s eye view of the WW2 bunkers, gun emplacements and other structures

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WW2 Treasure Hunters: TV host and historian Stephen Taylor on battlefield and aviation archaeology

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WW2 Bunker Archaeology: “Batterie Vara”, the coastal artillery fortress that never fired a shot

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Battlefield Archaeology: An insider’s view on WW2 battle relics excavation

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Battlefield Archaeology: The armoured beasts of WW2 in the largest open-air museum in the world

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HMS Regulus: Sunk by a mine off Corfu island, Greece on 12 January 1945

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Battlefield Archaeology: Searching for the Missing in Action aircrews in Yap island, by Patrick Ranfranz

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