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UK: DANGEROUS, dark and hugely technical: An authoritative new book shows the crucial role British submarines played in the two world wars and the gru...

UK: A selection of the UK???s World War Two submarines and their crew preparing for action in 1942. DANGEROUS, dark and hugely technical: An authorita...

UK: HMS Venturer, the first (and so far the only) submarine to have sunk another submarine while both were submerged, in her case sinking a U-Boat off...

UK: DANGEROUS, dark and hugely technical: An authoritative new book shows the crucial role British submarines played in the two world wars and the gru...

UK: DANGEROUS, dark and hugely technical: An authoritative new book shows the crucial role British submarines played in the two world wars and the gru...

UK: Four ???T???-class submarines lie alongside HMS Adamant in Fremantle, 1945. Their size was limited to hold down their cost; to provide sufficient...

UK: The Royal Nacy stands atop one of their Vickers subs. DANGEROUS, dark and hugely technical: An authoritative new book shows the crucial role Briti...

GERMANY: Author Rudolf von Ribbentrop, 2016. THE SON of one of Hitler???s closest confidants and top-ranking Nazis has unveiled the secrets of the Thi...

GERMANY: Hitler and Ribbentrop standing in front of the Fuhrer's Special Train, ca. 1941. THE SON of one of Hitler???s closest confidants and top-rank...

GERMANY: Author Rudolf v. Ribbentrop (1943). A decorated Nazi soldier, he is a wearer of the Knight???s Cross of the Iron Cross and the Wound Badge in...

GERMANY: Hitler, Ribbentrop and Mussolini. THE SON of one of Hitler???s closest confidants and top-ranking Nazis has unveiled the secrets of the Third...

UK: 18-year-oldCharlotte Branney. Court report states: "Charlotte Branney (18), who hails from Murton Colliery, was formerly in domestic service with...

GERMANY: Joachim v. Ribbentrop with his son Rudolf, May 1940. THE SON of one of Hitler???s closest confidants and top-ranking Nazis has unveiled the s...

GERMANY: The Molotov??"Ribbentrop Pact, officially known as the Treaty of Non-aggression between Germany and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics,...

GERMANY: Author Rudolf v. Ribbentrop in London, 1936. THE SON of one of Hitler???s closest confidants and top-ranking Nazis has unveiled the secrets o...

GERMANY: Signature of the German-Soviet Pact of Non- Aggression on 23 August 1939 in Moscow by Ribbentrop. A week later the Nazis would invade Poland...

GERMANY: Signature of the Pact of Steel between Italy and Germany, 22 May 1939. Von Ribbentrop sits next to Hitler and was responsible for setting up...

GERMANY: The Nazi's Foreign Minister???s family, 1936. Left to right, back row: Rudolf (author) and Bettina, centre: Annelies and Joachim v. Ribbentro...

GERMANY: The Von Ribbentrop family, the Fuhrer and top ranking Nazis assemble outside the family home. THE SON of one of Hitler???s closest confidants...

GERMANY: Ribbentrop with Hitler and the children, Adolf and Ursula, enjoying a coffee in 1939. The World War which would result in millions of deaths...

GERMANY: Hitler greets Ribbentrop following the conclusion of the Naval Agreement with Britain, 1935. THE SON of one of Hitler???s closest confidants...

GERMANY: Arrival of Chamberlain to the Munich Agreement on 29 September 1938. Greeted by Von Ribbentrop, Chamberlain signed a treaty with Hitler, and...

GERMANY: Ribbentrop with magnifying glass ca. 1943/44. He would be hanged at the Nuremburg Trials in 1946 for war crimes. THE SON of one of Hitler???s...

GERMANY: Joachim Von Ribbentrop stands behind Hitler in 1941. He was one of Hitler's closest confidantes. THE SON of one of Hitler???s closest confida...

GERMANY: Book Cover. THE SON of one of Hitler???s closest confidants and top-ranking Nazis has unveiled the secrets of the Third Reich???s top table a...

In an image in the Library of Congress, students at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, around 1890. Students were pulled from rese...

In an image in the Library of Congress, a class at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania, around 1901. Students were pulled from reser...

EUROPE: Brandenburgers in Bulgarian uniform. DEATH, despair and deception: the fascinating memoirs of one of Hitler???s elite soldiers shows what life...

EUROPE: The flag with the swastika on top of the Acropolis after a sucessful invasion. The Brandenburgers hoisted it on Sunday 27 April 1941 at 9.30 i...

EUROPE: A German tank. Seep de Giampietro sits on the far left. DEATH, despair and deception: the fascinating memoirs of one of Hitler???s elite sold...

EUROPE: Gathering of the dead and wounded after the battle at Bataisk, Russia. DEATH, despair and deception: the fascinating memoirs of one of Hitler?...

EUROPE: The graves of Grabert and H?zller at the bridge before Bataisk. They were the men who first lead de Giampietro into battle. DEATH, despair an...

EUROPE: Lieutenant Grabert. He would die in combat during the Second World War. DEATH, despair and deception: the fascinating memoirs of one of Hitle...

EUROPE: The remains of a captured vehicle in which the Brandenburgers, dressed in Russian uniform had crossed the bridge in D?znaburg. Hit by a PaK, i...

EUROPE: Key Conquest: The bridge over the D?zna in D?znaburg, Lithuania. The city is on fire, but the bridge remains intact. It was captured and secur...

EUROPE: The Brandenburgers attending the victory parade in Athens, 3 May 1941. In the front row, from left to right: Lieutenant Grabert, Oberj??ger Sl...

EUROPE: De Giampietro's unit reports for duty. DEATH, despair and deception: the fascinating memoirs of one of Hitler???s elite soldiers shows what li...

EUROPE: The elite Brandenburgers were often used to lead Third Reich attacks. DEATH, despair and deception: the fascinating memoirs of one of Hitler??...

EUROPE: Brandenburgers in the camp at PetriA? (Bulgaria), examining the Greek uniforms they would soon be wearing to sneak past the enemy. "During an...

EUROPE: Graves of de Giampietro's comrades. DEATH, despair and deception: the fascinating memoirs of one of Hitler???s elite soldiers shows what life...

EUROPE: The bridge of Maikop in the Caucasus after another bloody Brandenburger battle. There are still some dead left on the ground. DEATH, despair a...

EUROPE: A Nazi grave. Note the fatally damaged helmet. DEATH, despair and deception: the fascinating memoirs of one of Hitler???s elite soldiers shows...

EUROPE: The Brandenburgers remember the death of their comrades at the open graves (author, with glasses, is fourth from the right). DEATH, despair an...

EUROPE: The Vardar bridge near Axiopolis (Greece). This was the only bridge crossing the Vardar which was taken by the Germans undamaged, during the L...

UK: Nearly 1 million British and Empire troops were killed in the Great War. HARROWING photos show the death and despair British soldiers faced every...

UK: Tommies, either dead or severely wounded, are caught up in a deadly firefight. HARROWING photos show the death and despair British soldiers faced...

UK: British troops take a well earned break in a shell wrecked house in a French village. HARROWING photos show the death and despair British soldiers...

UK: The dead lay scattered after a trench is ravaged by bombs. HARROWING photos show the death and despair British soldiers faced every day whilst bat...

UK: The 2nd Leicesters charge a trench. Some of the soldiers have paid the ultimate sacrifice in the assault. HARROWING photos show the death and des...

UK: Highlanders, complete with kilts, attempt to battle their way through a Frnch village in 1915. HARROWING photos show the death and despair British...