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Efraim Zuroff – Nazi Hunter Extraordinaire

Efraim Zuroff was born in Brooklyn and to this day he exhibits all the tough, streetwise attributes of his native New York and all of…

100 Year Old WW II Female WASP Pilot Meets Lost Love.

How wonderful to be 100 years old and to once more be reunited with your love, even if – as in this case – it…

Then And Now: Video of Hitler’s Berghof Offers A Stunning New Perspective (Watch)

This mesmerizing 52-minute video takes you on a walking tour of the picturesque yet disturbing sites of Adolf Hitler’s mountain hideaway. From an aerial view,…

The Luftwaffe P-38 Lightning & Other STUNNING Pics of Allied Planes Pressed Into Nazi Service

Ever wondered what happened with the airplanes that made an emergency landing in occupied territory? When captured (relatively) intact they were tested by the Germans…

The Albigensian Crusades: Christians vs Christians

Andrew Knighton

Some crusades were fought against fellow Christians. The Cathars, one of the inspirations behind Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code, were the targets of one…

Operation Mincemeat – How the Allies Tricked Hitler to open the gates of Sicily

World War II was fought on battlefields across the globe, with staggering numbers of casualties amassing on all sides. But under the cloak of darkness,…

Shock & Awe! New Cluster Bomb Can Kill 40 Tanks In One Go (Watch)

The CBU-97 Sensor Fuzed Weapon is a US Air Force 1,000-pound Cluster Bomb Unit (CBU). The CBU-97 in conjunction with the unguided gravity bombing techniques…

Why The Nazis Beheaded a Famous Author’s Sister – Then Sent His Family the Execution Bill

It’s a book beloved by millions, one that’s been read by multiple generations and turned into an equally famous film: All Quiet on the Western…

Liam Neeson As Douglas MacArthur In Epic Korean War Film ‘Operation Chromite’ (Trailer)

“This is the riskiest military operation that I’ve ever encountered! Why the fixation on Inchon?” Actor Liam Neeson plays US General Douglas MacArthur in this…

The Assassination of The Butcher of Prague – Reinhard Heydrich

One of the most important covert operations of the Second World War, Operation Anthropoid was the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi commander who led…

How SS Commando Skorzeny Became an Assassin for Israel

German scientist Heinz Krug vanished on September 11, 1962. Krug was at his office, and then he was gone without ever returning home. The only…

‘Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane’ Was A B-17 Gunner In WWII

James Best was an American on-screen character, who is best known for his principle performance as blundering Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane in the CBS TV…