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ER On Tour
For the 75th anniversary of the end of WW2 in Europe, the LRE Foundation sent their team on the road to document the commemorations and discover the big and little stories from the end of WW2.
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Ten Novels about WWII

Ten Novels About the Second World War You should definitely read while you’re at home... All th...

Five War Museums you should visit when in Berlin

Five War Museums you should visit when in Berlin The Second World War left quite a prominent mark o...

7 World War II Classics

7 World War II Classics that you must see... Since the end of the Second World War 75 years ago, nu...

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Battle of Hürtgen Forest

During the autumn and winter of 1944/45, the longest battle of the Second World War on German soil took place in the Hürtgen Forest. With this battle, the war precipitated by the Nazi regime returned to Germany. The battle caused numerous casualties on both sides. For the American soldiers, it’s very name – with its first syllable ‘hurt’ – became a byword for injury and death.

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Horst Helmus

1944 was the year in which Horst Helmus turned eighteen. For several years, the German from Gummersbach, a town east of Cologne, had been spared the worst effects of the Nazi wars of aggression. But Hitler’s last gamble in the Ardennes changed all that in the blink of an eye.