This video depicts the moment Sir Nicholas Winton realises he is in the same room as hundreds of Jewish people he saved as children during the Holocaust. While appearing on the TV show, “That’s Life!” the host Esther Rantzen asked the audience: “May I ask, is there anyone in our audience tonight who owes their life to Nicholas Winton? If so, could you stand up, please?” To Winton’s shock, the entire audience stood up.

Winton was responsible for organising eight trains full of children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to London in 1939. While supporters in Britain were working to get Jewish intellectuals and communists out of Czechoslovakia, nobody was attempting to save the children so Winton took it on himself. Once Winston secured their escape, he travelled to Britain where he persuaded British officials to accept the children as long as foster homes were found. In all, Winton saved the lives of 669 children. He was not recognised for his achievements until 60 years later because he kept quiet about his exploits. In 2003, he received a knighthood from the queen for his services to humanity.

Tuskegee Army Air Field nurses, 1942 🖤💉🩺🖤

A German Tiger 2 tank designated ‘101’ near Potsdam Station - Berlin, May 1945

I should have nailed her to the floor. But I let her go. ↳ The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 2018 · dir. Daniel Calparsoro

I really like this picture of horses towing a British bomber in Finland during World War II -- it shows the combination of new technology and old ways of doing things that characterized that conflict.

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A DUKW from the 1st Engineer Brigade carrying members of the US 89th Infantry Division across the River Rhine under heavy fire. Oberwesel, Germany. March 26, 1945.

15 August 1945. The San Fernando Valley Times reported: “KFWB had the most “glamorous” copy-girls in the nation during last Monday’s all-night alert caused by word of Japan’s surrender. Marlene Dietrich, who came to the studio with Orson Welles early Monday evening stayed all night, watching the teletypes and rushing bulletins to the microphone, where Welles did a “marathon” commentary lasting most of the night.”

Happy Memorial Day to our American friends & followers. You wanted no part of either world war, yet won them both for us. Thank you from the heart.

Members of the Tuskegee Airmen, 1943 🎖️🎖️🎖️🎖️

Avion de reconnaissance Blohm & Voss BV 141