May 6, 2021 by Jenny Ashcraft | 103 Comments
The Battle of Crete began on May 20, 1941, when German forces began a massive airborne invasion of the Greek island of Crete during WWII. Thousands of German paratroopers (called Fallschirmjäger) landed on Crete, where they encountered tenacious resistance from … Continue reading
March 1, 2021 by Jenny Ashcraft | 74 Comments
The Battle of the Bismarck Sea occurred March 2-4, 1943, when planes from the U.S. Fifth Air Force and the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) attacked a convoy of Japanese ships carrying troops and supplies to Lae, New Guinea. The … Continue reading
July 31, 2020 by Jenny Ashcraft | 72 Comments
The morning of August 15, 1945, dawned with the realization that after a long war resulting in some 60 million deaths worldwide, WWII was finally over and Victory in Japan (V-J Day) had arrived. Hours earlier, Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s … Continue reading
April 30, 2020 by Jenny Ashcraft | 66 Comments
Seventy-five years ago this month, Allied forces declared victory in Europe. V-E Day came at a steep price for American troops with more than 400,000 deaths during WWII. These WWII veterans, often called the Greatest Generation, were everyday men and … Continue reading
June 20, 2016 by Trevor | 7 Comments
Do you have ancestors who served with the Australian armed forces during World War I? Look for them in Fold3’s Australia WWI Service Records collection! This collection (via the National Archives of Australia) contains service dossiers for Australians who served … Continue reading
June 27, 2013 by Trevor | Comments Off on John Philip Sousa
Before joining the Fold3 team last year, my wife and I spent twenty-four years in Oregon. There our daughter was a member of the marching band for one of our two community high schools (our sons opting out of that … Continue reading