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Cemetery
Haslar Royal Naval Cemetery contains 1,359 burials, of which 611 are from the Second World War. The graves are maintai...
Landmark
The quayside on the edge of the harbour was used for the construction of components of the Mulberry Harbours, artifici...
Monument
Portsmouth Naval Memorial commemorates the 14,952 sailors who were killed during the Second World War....
Audiospot
Early in the morning on 12th September 1944, approximately three months after the Normandy landings, the American 30th I...
The Ravensbrück Concentration Camp was the largest concentration camp for women on German soil. Between 1939 and 1945 ar...
During the Second World War, RAF Beaulieu was situated at this location. After its opening on 8 August 1942, it was us...
RNAS Lee-on-Solent was a shore airfield that was also referred to as HMS Daedalus because of its links with the Royal ...
From 1944, the German war industry has sufficiently evolved to fit jet engines to bombs. This new weapon bombards London...
The Southampton Eastern Docks and Town Quay Embarkation points were some of many embarkation points in the areas aroun...
Warsash Embarkation point was one of many embarkation points in the areas around Portsmouth, Gosport and Southampton, ...
RAF Ibsley, or USAAF Base AAF-347, was an active airfield for most of the war. Initially home to many squadrons of th...
RAF Barkston Heath was established in 1936 as a satellite station of RAF Cranwell. It is located to the southwest of t...
RAF Caistor opened in 1941. The airfield is located to the west of Caistor village on North Kelsey Moor Road. ...
As part of the RAF’s expansion plan, RAF Coningsby opened for bombers in November 1940. It is located to the south of ...
RAF Cranwell is a well-known airfield and is home to the RAF Officer Training College. It is situated to the west of t...
Story
On 17 December 1944, a Waffen-SS unit captured eleven G.I.s at the Langer family farm in Wereth. They were then tortured...
RAF East Kirkby opened in August 1943 as a class ‘A’ Bomber airfield. It is located to the east of the village with th...
In 1940, the Air Ministry established the suitability of the land near the village of Goxhill for the construction of ...
RAF Harlaxton was established in the First World War as a training centre. It is located to the southeast of the villa...
RAF Hemswell opened in May 1940. The airfield is located to the east of the village with the same name....
RAF Ingham became operational in May 1942. The airfield is located to the north of the village of Scampton....
RAF Kirmington was constructed between 1941 and 1942. The airfield is located to the southwest of the village of Kirmi...
RAF Kirton in Lindsey opened in May 1940. The airfield is located to the south of the village with the same name....
RAF Metheringham opened in November 1943 as a class ‘A’ bomber airfield. It is located to the east of the village with...