December 21, 2011 by Blake Scarbrough | 1 Comment
Santa visits orphans in England during World War II. Source: WWII US Air Force Photos There’s no place like home for the holidays. Celebrating at home with loved ones is part of any holiday tradition. Soldiers fighting on foreign shores … Continue reading
July 2, 2009 by Peter | 3 Comments
Operation Valkyrie was a Hitler approved emergency scenario that set up the continuity of government and plan for the military if a general breakdown of civil order should occur, such as the Führer’s death. On July 20, 1944, in an … Continue reading
December 5, 2008 by Peter | 20 Comments
Today, in conjunction with the National Archives and Records Administration, we announced the launch of the internet’s largest interactive World War II collection. Some of the information in the collection has been on the site for a while, but this … Continue reading
November 20, 2008 by Peter | 2 Comments
It’s amazing what a plane can go through and still keep flying. This morning I was looking through some photos on the site and came into a section of photos taken in England of planes that had been damaged on … Continue reading
May 23, 2008 by Chris Willis | 13 Comments
The Footnote scanning team has been working in the vaults of The National Archives diligently scanning the complete WWII US Air Force photo collection (officially known as “Black and White and Color Photographs of U.S. Air Force and Predecessor Agencies … Continue reading
