Cabo Ruivo Seaplane Base. Pan America used it to fly New York/Lisbon via Azores
José António BarreirosSeptember 5, 2019
Portela Airport in Lisbon opened on 15 October 1943. Axis and Allied aircrafts landed here.
José António BarreirosSeptember 5, 2019
Geometric, benevolent and cooperative, Portuguese neutrality during WW2 remains the subject of controversy to this day. Although faithful to England in the strategic and military domains, Portugal continued to trade with both sides of the…
José António BarreirosSeptember 1, 2019
First issue of the magazine "Mundo Gráfico” , from October 1940, directed by Artur Portela. The cover has a photo of Premier Salazar and President Carmona during the Autumn military manoeuvres, Portugal under the menace…
José António BarreirosAugust 19, 2019
Journalist Fernando Pessa was the voice at the BBC's Portuguese Service during WW2. Invited in 1938 to work there, while he was serving our national broadcast station , he obtained the full agreement of the…
José António BarreirosAugust 19, 2019
British and Axis propaganda existed side by side during WW2. Both were trying to win the hearts of the Portuguese people. People in the streets were eager to be informed about the progress of the…
José António BarreirosAugust 18, 2019