The color of war ╬
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" What do emerge from this solemn occasion a better world, with faith and understanding, dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of their desire for freedom, tolerance and justice. " (1939-1945)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
Wilhelm Keitel (middle) and Alfred Jodl (right) give Adolf Hitler a situation briefing using a map laid on a table in the Führer’s headquarters, “Wolfsschanze” (Wolf’s Lair), near Rastenburg (East Prussia).
In September 1941, the Nazi regime, at Goebbels’s urgent request, ordered Germany’s Jews over the age of 6 to sew on their clothing a yellow Star of David with the word Jude (Jew) in bold, Hebrew-like letters. The following year, the measure was introduced in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and other lands under German control.
During the war, Nazi propagandists embellished the “Hitler Cult” by transforming the German chancellor into a supreme and infallible warlord who would guide the nation to final victory.
Nazi propagandists held out the threat of annihilation of German life and culture at the hands of “Jewish Bolshevism” if the Allies won the war.  They unrealistically guaranteed victory through miracle weapons or the sheer willpower of the Führer and the German people. Faced with defeat, Hitler’s regime responded with increased terror and with propaganda aimed at inspiring fanaticism.
Volkssturm (German Home Front Army) armband, 1944-1945. The Volkssturm was made up of those too young, too old, or otherwise unable to serve in the armed forces.
A Hitler Youth armband: red band of cloth with white stripe through center, white patch with black swastika stitched to middle of armband
Winston Churchill and black swans — a gift from the people of West Australia — at Chartwell in 1950.
Winston Churchill and his dog, Rufus, at Chartwell in 1950
Winston Churchill and a four-month-old thoroughbred filly (officially unnamed, but called “Darling” by Churchill), Chartwell, Kent, 1950.