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Mauser C96: One of Germany’s Most Iconic Firearms

Jesse Beckett
Austro-Hungarian pilot sitting in the cockpit with 10 Mauser C96s + Mauser C96 on a white table

The Mauser C96 is an iconic firearm that is one of three extremely famous pistols to come out of Germany, with the others being the…

World War II-Era Bomb Detonates In Munich, Injuring Four

Construction site in Munich

Police in Munich, Germany are reporting four people have been injured following the detonation of a WWII-era aircraft bomb near a busy train station on…

Explaining The Second World War Through 13 Hilarious Memes

Despite the fact that the Second World War was one of the most tragic events in human history, it has somehow turned into one big…

Sentence Handed Down After Panther Tank Removed From Pensioner’s Basement

Front view of the Panther tank

A German court has handed down its sentence in the case of an 84-year-old pensioner who was found to have a host of military memorabilia…

Lawyers Argue Over Fines After Antique Tank Removed From Pensioner’s Basement

Five German soldiers preparing the 1943 Panther tank for loading

While most pensioners spend their retirement vacationing, there are some who prefer to dedicate their time to collecting war memorabilia. While seemingly harmless, there are…

WWII bombs found in Volkswagen factory

More than 75 years after WWII, workers at the Wolfsburg Volkswagen Manufacturing Plant in Germany do not expect to have sudden reminders of the event…

Finding Unexploded Bombs in Germany

The neighborhood of Rummelsburg, which sits about a mile from where the Berlin Wall once ran through Berlin, was evacuated this week when construction workers…

The Plot to Destroy Black Tom Island At the WWI Visit of the U-Boat “Deutschland”

100 years ago this month, the U-Boat Deutschland, a German submarine, visited Baltimore on an alleged business venture. It spent a couple of weeks in…

Austria Attempting to Tear Down House Hitler Was Born In

The Interior Minister of Austria said that he would like to tear down the house where Adolf Hitler was born to prevent it from becoming…

Germany apologises for Herero Genocide

“I believe that the nation as such should be annihilated, or, if this is not possible by tactical measures, expelled from the country. The Herero…

Dutch Citizens awarded Righteous Among the Nations For Hiding Jews During WWII

Two members of a Dutch family, Jan Willem Kamphuis and his daughter Klazenia Kamphuis-Vink, have been posthumously honoured by the Israeli Committee for the Designation…

An Exhibition of Belarusians in the Polish Army in 1935-1945 Sheds New Light on History

On July 7th, an exhibition titled Belarusians in the Polish Army 1939-1945 from Igor Melnikov’s Private Collection was opened at the National History Museum of…