Even as the airfield fell, the Luftwaffe pressed on, delivering supplies in the dead of night. The final message: "Have done our duty." A haunting echo of sacrifice amid the ruins. #WW2History #Luftwaffe #EasternFront #MilitaryHistory #WorldWar2 #NeverGiveUp | War Stories

From late 1944 to early 1945, over 2,000 Allied servicemen perished in what later became known as the ‘Long March’. Over 80,000 Allied Prisoners of War were forced to march around 1,000 miles from POW camps in Poland towards Germany, in one of the coldest winters of the twentieth century. Thousands of prisoners died – mostly from exposure, fatigue, and disease. | Royal Air Force