2 February 1943 – The End of the Battle For Stalingrad
The largest and bloodiest battle in the history of warfare, the Siege of Stalingrad lasted over five months and resulted in somewhere between 1.7 and…
Operation Market Garden In Color!
Operation Market Garden was the plan by Field Marshal Montgomery to outflank the German fortified Siegfried line by going through The Netherlands. The Netherlands is…
The Bone Collector of Guadalcanal
Seventy years after the last rifle shot, Japanese soldiers are still going home. Roderick Eime, sends one fallen warrior on his way. He’d lay there…
Georg “Bloodhound” Morgen – The Only SS Judge Who Brought Nazis To Trial
When thinking of World War II, there are some undeniable images and individuals that we cannot help but think of: Adolf Hitler and his terrifying…
Stalin’s son Yakov Dzhugashvili captured by the Germans. He ‘died’ in a PoW camp
Everyone knows Joseph Stalin, but most aren’t familiar with his familial life, particularly his eldest son, Yakov. The tumultuous relationship between father and son created…
21 Sad Images Of Bombed Out Cologne – You Wouldn’t Have Seen Many Of These Images Before
The German city of Cologne was bombed in 262 separate air raids by the Allies during World War II, including 31 times by the Royal…
Even Germans Recommended Him For VC: Irish Guard Grabbed The Machine Gun From Disabled Tank, Held Jerries At Bay For 20 Minutes
A nation can desire for a war to be over all they want, but the inevitable fact of war is that the enemy always gets…
Escape From Sobibor Death Camp
The Nazi extermination camp, Sobibór, was located in the modern borders of Poland, in a region which was named Lublin during the German occupation. It…
Exploring and Liberating Hitlers House, The 101st Airborne at Berchtesgaden
On May 8, 1945, the American 1st Battalion of the 506th Infantry Regiment arrived in Berchtesgaden. It was led by Company C. The 3rd Battalion…
Didn’t Know This: giving the Nazi salute in modern day Germany is punishable for up to 3 yrs in prison.
The Nazi salute or Hitler salute (German: Hitlergruß – literally Hitler Greeting) is a gesture that was used as a greeting in Nazi Germany. The…
Auschwitz Concentration Camp: 71 Years Since Liberation
Auschwitz concentration camp, the most notorious of the Nazi death camps, was liberated 71 years ago, on 27 January 1945. For five years it had…
Exploding Rats, Anti-Tank Dogs, Mini Subs, Guided Bombs And More, a list of the strangest weapons of WWII
World War Two required the production of weapons on a massive scale. The war was also a time when weapons research and development took center…