Then & Now

On 6 June 1944, Allied soldiers descended onto the beaches of Normandy for the now famous D-Day., beginning the winning counteroffensive against the Nazis. See the beaches and landscapes as they were then and how they are 70 years later....
(See the complete photo gallery here)

Drugs in Nazi Germany

In his new book Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich, the German writer Norman Ohler gives an engaging  account of the (apparently common) use of drugs -in particular methamphetamine and opioids-  among civilians, soldiers and Nazi high hierarchies during the Third Reich regime.. Yet some of his assertions - for example the 'universal' diffusion of psychotropic substances in those times in Germany -  are challenged by some book reviewers and  experts in the field. Read  two reviews of  this book here and here then get a copy and make your own opinion. An interesting reading anyway . .

Partisans

Italian anti-fascist partisans, April 25, 1945 (Liberation Day)