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The Mildmay Hospital off Hackney road (old nichol) with extra wards in Nissen huts during World War II.

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World War Two

$A hit on the shelter in Durning Road LIVERPOOL was the worst incident in the Blitz during the heaviest air raid to date, 29 November 1940, a parachute mine hit the Instruction Centre collapsing into the shelter crushing 300. Boiling water and gas from fractured mains poured in.fires overhead made rescue work extremely dangerous.166 men women and children were killed. Many more badly injured. Joe Lucas lost two brothers, two sisters his mother did not speak for 6 months, London Bombings, Underground Shelter, Liverpool City, Liverpool History, The Blitz, Air Raid, Mystery Of History, Battle Of Britain, Iconic Buildings$

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A hit on the shelter in Durning Road LIVERPOOL was the worst incident in the Blitz during the heaviest air raid to date, 29 November 1940, a parachute mine hit the Instruction Centre collapsing into the shelter crushing 300. Boiling water and gas from fractured mains poured in.fires overhead made rescue work extremely dangerous.166 men women and children were killed. Many more badly injured. Joe Lucas lost two brothers, two sisters his mother did not speak for 6 months,

British sweet rationing 1940-1953 - Make your own sweets (candy) from wartime recipes.

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25 Dec 41: Not a merry day in Leningrad. Despite increased supplies from the outside, 3,700 Russians in the besieged city starve to death, bringing the total for the month to 52,000. The city will go on to be the most devastated modern city in world history. The destruction and human losses in Leningrad exceeded those of the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Moscow and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. #WWII #History Battle Of Moscow, Battle Of Stalingrad, Great Sword, St Petersburg Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russian History, Russian Man, Red Army, Europe

25 Dec 41: Not a merry day in Leningrad. Despite increased supplies from the outside, 3,700 Russians in the besieged city starve to death, bringing the total for the month to 52,000. The city will go on to be the most devastated modern city in world history. The destruction and human losses in Leningrad exceeded those of the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Moscow and the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. #WWII #History

The guards at Nazi prisoner-of-war camps were accustomed to looking for tunnels -- so they never thought to look in the attic at Colditz Castle, where, astonishingly, British prisoners had constructed a 19-foot glider from scavenged materials. They planned to launch it from the roof, using a pulley system driven by a falling bathtub full of concrete. They hoped this would send two men soaring across the River Mulde 60 meters below... Rare Historical Photos, Rare Photos, Dieselpunk, World War Ii, Prison Escape, Photos Rares, Historia Universal

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The guards at Nazi prisoner-of-war camps were accustomed to looking for tunnels -- so they never thought to look in the attic at Colditz Castle, where, astonishingly, British prisoners had constructed a 19-foot glider from scavenged materials. They planned to launch it from the roof, using a pulley system driven by a falling bathtub full of concrete. They hoped this would send two men soaring across the River Mulde 60 meters below...

The House of Commons Bomb in photos

House of Commons chamber, destroyed by German bombs on the night of 10-11 May 1941.

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The photo is of Sinbad, mascot of the US Coast Guard Cutter Campbell, sitting on one of the cutter’s 3” guns in 1943. The swastika icon means the gun crew helped sink the U-606. Military Working Dogs, Photos Du, Old Photos, Images Terrifiantes, Famous Dogs, Us Coast Guard, Coast Gaurd, War Dogs

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The photo is of Sinbad, mascot of the US Coast Guard Cutter Campbell, sitting on one of the cutter’s 3” guns in 1943. The swastika icon means the gun crew helped sink the U-606.