WATCH: Migrant dinghy crosses the Channel as arrivals under Labour surge past 50,000
Migrant vessel filmed crossing the Channel in Express exclusive This is the staggering moment a migrant dinghy defied choppy Channel conditions as the number of small boat arrivals soared past 50,000. The striking footage, obtained by the Daily Express, shows…
Thames Water could face collapse as crisis plan drawn up for UK’s biggest supplier
Thames Water (Image: Getty) Ministers have lined up insolvency specialists to prepare for the potential collapse of Thames Water, reports have suggested. Environment Secretary Steve Reed signed off the appointment of FTI Consulting to act as administrator in case Britain’s biggest…
55 amazing black and white pictures show how Berlin has changed since 1970
In the 1970s it was a strange place, as it was an island of the West in the vast sea of state socialism, which at that time still operated under the illusion of being a functioning system. The contrast between…
Historical photos of German prisoners of war in Norway, 1945
The German occupation of Norway began on April 9, 1940, after German troops occupied the neutral Scandinavian country of Norway. It ended on May 8, 1945, after the surrender of German troops in Europe. During this entire period, Norway was…
Why the German 88 mm gun was the best throughout World War II
The German 88 mm gun, originally designed as an anti-aircraft artillery weapon, was equally effective as an anti-tank gun. The daytime flight of Teddy’s Rough Riders on November 21, 1944, was anything but routine for American pilot Werner G. Göring, nephew…
View of the powerful 12.8 cm double anti-aircraft gun from the large Zoo bunker in Berlin – the Charlottenburg Gate in the front left! _de
Berlin, mid-1940s: On the roof of the massive Zoo Bunker stands one of the most impressive anti-aircraft installations of World War II—the 12.8 cm double-barreled anti-aircraft gun. This photo, taken by British photographer Cecil FS Newman, shows the view to…
East and West Berlin 1970 in impressive color photos
In order to accommodate the increasing aging of the city’s population, the West Berlin Senate is trying to recruit young skilled workers from the Federal Republic. By 1970, one-fifth of West Berliners were already over 65 years old. A Berlin…
Memories of German soldiers in World War I (Part 1)
German soldiers salute at the tomb of the unknown soldier in Paris (December 1940). In the photo, a German soldier stands next to the grave of his fallen comrade on the Eastern Front (1941). In the photo, a German soldier…
A German woman is publicly humiliated because of an affair with a Polish man, 1942 _de
Women accused of racial disgrace were publicly humiliated by being paraded through the streets with placards around their necks proclaiming their crime. German racial laws were strictly enforced, and sexual relations between Germans and Poles were illegal. The sign around…
45 beautiful vintage photos of children with their school bags
A school cone, also called a sugar cone in some parts of Germany, is a large, cone-shaped, cornucopia-like container made of paper, cardboard or plastic. When children in Germany and the bordering parts of the Czech Republic, parts of Poland…