They Got the Wrong Village: SS Troops Massacred Over 600 French Villagers in Oradour-sur-Glane
On December 9, 2014, a German court in Cologne dropped the multiple charges of murder and accessory to murder against an 88-year-old man named Werner…
HMS Audacious: The Only Super-Dreadnought Sunk in WWI – By A German Naval Mine
The biggest, most advanced, most expensive, and most daunting war machinery of World War I was the super-dreadnought battleship. These great sea beasts were near…
Here are some of the best U-Boat aces of WWII
The following is a list of the top ten U-Boat commanders in WW II. It is based upon the number of ships they sank and…
Was It Really A War Crime – Thousands of Germans Died in American POW Camps In 1945
For all but fringe debaters on the subject, the book is closed. The horror and death caused by maltreatment or murder in German, Japanese and…
Blitzkrieg, Bombs, and Blunders: “Smiling Albert” Kesselring in World War II
Albert Kesselring, also called “Uncle Albert” by his troops and “Smiling Albert” by Allied forces, was a German Field Marshal (Generalfeldmarschall) and life-long military man.…
100s Killed In Tragic ‘Friendly Fire’ our own navy… shot down 27 transport planes killing 410 paratroopers, who were coming in to reinforce us
Operation Overlord and the D-day landings on June 6th, 1944 were supported by a massive assault of airborne infantry, both paratroopers and men in large…
The Evacuation of Gallipoli, The Brilliant End To A Disastrous Campaign
To Europeans, Canadians, and Americans, stories of World War I often focus on the great battles of the Western Front like the Somme, Ypres, Verdun,…
Operation Michael: Germany’s Last Chance to Win WWI Before the Americans Arrived
By late 1917, the German Empire’s High Command knew they had to turn the war around quickly. Progress against the Allies was slow and they…
The Nazi Invasion of the Balkans & Yugoslavia – A Costly Victory
In early 1941, Adolf Hitler could look at a map of Eastern Europe and think that his plans were progressing nicely. The invasion of the…
Lightning Strike: Killing Admiral Yamamoto and Avenging Pearl Habor
Not only did the Pearl Harbor attack of December 7th, 1941 deal a devastating blow to the United States’ Navy and draw the nation into…
10 Interesting Facts About The End Of The First World War
Ten interesting facts about the Armistice, which ended WWI. 1- The Kiel Mutiny and German Revolution was the final blow to the German Empire The…
Saint Nazaire The Best Raid of WW2: Massive Intel, Courage, Sacrifice and Big Explosions
A little after 1:20 AM on March 28, 1942, searchlights on both sides of the Loire Estuary flooded the waterway to reveal a convoy. Twelve…