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The most beautiful find of "Winter campaign 2021"

The anniversary of the end of the Second World War is approaching, so we have prepared such a small special for all warriors.

2. 5. 2019

2. 5. 2019 The RAF pilot was buried after 74 years

After more than seventy years, Ensign John Henry Coates' relatives were finally able to bury his body. An RAF pilot was shot down during one of the missions in Italy. Archaeologists have found his remains with a damaged Spitfire plane near Venice.

24. 4. 2014

April 24, 2014 Bodies of executed Germans

Seven years ago, the Hradec Králové regional forensic scientists focused on an area that historical sources and witnesses describe as the site of the mass grave of five Germans shot in June 1945. It was located in the village of Rudník in the Trutnov region.

23. 4. 2011

April 23, 2011 Ruined German fighter

The torso of the Focke-Wulf Fw 190, which crashed in August 1944, was discovered ten years ago near Deštná in the Jindřichův Hradec region. It was located under a layer of clay. According to historians, it was a unique find.

20. 4. 2008

April 20, 2008 Remains of a complete imperial family

Thirteen years ago, scientists announced that the remains of the last tsarist family, whose members had been murdered in cold blood, had been found. Experts examined the bones found in the Urals. DNA tests confirmed that they belonged to Tsarevich Alexei, the son of the last Russian Tsar Nicholas II. and heirs to the Russian throne, and his sister Maria.

28. 3. 2013

28.3. 2013 Whiskey from the period of World War II

Two bottles of whiskey from the wreck of the SS Politician were available for at least 9,000 pounds eight years ago. She sank during World War II off Eriskay Island. Most of the crates of alcohol were discovered by locals.

They discovered the bodies of nuns who had been brutally murdered

Archaeologists have recently discovered the skeletons of Catholic nuns who were murdered by the Red Army at the end of World War II. Their discovery closes with months of searching. They lost their lives in a particularly brutal way while helping in the hospital. The soldiers also killed patients.

5. 3. 2021

4.3.2010 Melting glaciers revealed the bodies of dead soldiers

The bodies of dead World War I soldiers were found in the Italian Alps. The first preserved skeleton was discovered in 2010 by the amateur historian Dino De Bernardin. Mummies reveal melting mountain glaciers.

Austro-Hungarian Navy in photographs from the collection of Jaroslav Bily

You might be interested in this, the book was put together by my friend and her colleague and I have to say that the period photos of the warships of "our army" are really nice...

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