Tag: conflict archaeology
Wunderwaffe – The Nazi Superweapons of WW2
Wunderwaffe, meaning “miracle weapon” or “universal solution” in German, was a term coined by the Nazi propaganda ministry for “superweapons” being developed during WW2.
Rare German U-boat found in Skagerrak
Sea War Museum Jutland in Thyborøn, Denmark has made a new sensational discovery during its continued registration of shipwrecks in the North Sea and in the Skagerrak.
10 Nazi bunkers and subterranean bases
10 Nazi bunkers and subterranean bases built by the Third Reich during World War II
Two Ritual Baths (Miqva’ot) of the Great Synagogue of Vilna unearthed after their Destruction in the Holocaust 70 years earler
A team of Israeli, Lithuanian and American archaeologists unearthed the remains of two ritual baths that were used by congregants at the Great Synagogue in Vilna, today the capital of Lithuania.
Public excavations of WW2 German prisoner-of-war camp in Inari
The excavation site is a Second World War German-run PoW camp at Inari Hyljelahti. The camp housed Soviet and other PoWs and forced and slave labourers, who were involved in road building and forest working.
What happened to the French army after Dunkirk
The evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) in May 1940 from Dunkirk by a flotilla of small ships has entered British folklore. Dunkirk, a new action film by director Christopher Nolan, depicts the events from land, sea and air and has revived awe for the plucky courage of those involved.