What's on this website?

Save money and maximise your time in Normandy through the guides and tips here

About Devon during WW2 and places of interest still in remaining today

The stories of the people who experienced WW2

See how WW2 is remembered by enthusiasts

- New Pages-

Diary of a GI Bride

Yvonne Dale sailed as a GI Bride to the USA in May 1946. She kept a diary of her trip. Read her diary of a GI Bride's trip to the States'.....

Interview with USMC Combat Cameraman Norman Hatch

Norman Hatch went ashore with the US Marines at Tarawa and Iwo Jima. I had the pleasure and honour of interviewing him recently. Read my interview with Norman Hatch.......

 

 

"The World at War website is dedicated to preserving the memories of Veterans of World War Two.

The World at War website also aims to guide around Normandy and other WW2 battlefields, and to show how WW2 is remembered by reenactors and living history groups".

A debt of thanks is owed to the Trustees of the Imperial War Museum, London for their kind permission to use the period images used on this site.

Thanks also go to all the enthusiasts that help to gather images, stories and other content for this site.

The world at war this week:

7 March 1945: US First Army crosses the River Rhine at Remagen Bridge

8 March 1941: US Senate passes the Lend-Lease Bill

9 March 1941: Italians launch an offensive in Albania

10 March 1945: US B29 bombers carry out a fire-raid on Tokyo, Japan. Estimates of those killed range from 84,000 to 200,000; more than those killed during the dropping of the A-Bomb

11 March 1940: RAF Blenheim bomber sinks the German U-boat U-31 in the North Sea

See previous months in the World at War....

Why the World at War?

This site is called 'The World at War' after the 1973 ITV series, which I believe is responsible for my lifelong interest in the Second World War.

Produced for Thames Television (UK), the series was narrated by Laurence Olivier.

I was eight at the time of broadcast, and was bundled off upstairs by my parents because of the gruesome scenes that it might show. I listened to the who 26 episode series through the floor of my bedroom.

It was nearly twenty years later before I was able to watch the series on a video.

Big TV event from HBO- 'The Pacific'

Tom Hanks, Steve Spielburg and the producers of 'Band of Brothers are soon to release the HBO mini-series 'The Pacific'. See the trailer below for an awesome taster, or read about it at the HBO The Pacific website.