World War 2 | War History

The Night Fighter Ace Who Shot Down 7 Lancaster Bombers In 19 Minutes

Once you know the story of Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer, it’s pretty hard to forget. Schnaufer was an incredibly skilled pilot. He was arguably the best night…

Battle of the Bulge – A Punch In The Gut

Elaine Smith

Just before The Battle of the Bulge, Allied officers drew an eighty-eight-mile line through the forests, hills, and ravines that make the region called The…

Watch: Panzerlied (Battle of the Bulge)

Panzerlied (Tankmen’s Song) was a Wehrmacht (German armed forces) song composed in 1933 by Oberleutnant Kurt Wiehle. It was adapted from a Navy song, using…

Top 10 Facts About SS-Standartenführer Joachim Peiper

Many men, soldiers, and supporters of Hitler and his politics, helped Germany do the damage it did during World War II. One of those men…

Victoria Cross: Took on 20 Taliban fighters, dodged “raking” machine fire to rescue a stricken US Marine

For saving the life of a US Marine, Briton Lance Corporal Joshua Leakey became the first living soldier to win the Victoria Cross for his…

BEAUTIFUL BUT DEADLY! The Fresh Faced Young Girls That Fought For Stalin

Soviet women played a major role in World War II  on the Eastern Front. While most women worked in the industry, agriculture, transport, and other…

Dentist Who Killed Over 100 Japanese Soldiers In Japanese Banzai Attack on Saipan

Many humans worldwide fear to go to the Dentist for all the reasons we would expect.  Too much pain worried they will have to get…

Dirlewanger: A child Molester, Violent Alcoholic, Sadist & War Criminal – Was Kicked to Death by His Guards

The notorious 36th Waffen Grenadier Divison of the SS earned its horrible reputation mostly on the Eastern Front where they freely conducted numerous war crimes…

DIDN’T KNOW THIS!! Kept secret throughout the war, US naval base at Ulithi was for a time the world’s largest naval facility

On March 1945, the largest convoy of US Navy ships and personnel sailed from a base in the Pacific Ocean. Where was this base? This…

Must See: Amazing Stock Footage Of the Siege of Bastogne

The Ardennes Offensive was a last ditch attempt by the German army to halt the Allied advance across western Europe. The plan called for a…

Awarded the Medal of Honor For Bravery Whilst His Country Locked up His Family in an Interment Camp

George “Joe” Taro Sakato is a second-generation-born American of Japanese descent, which was why his family had to relocate during WWII. Despite this, he joined…

Oh Yes! Inside the Maus – Has a Massive 44 Litre Engine – by World of Tanks

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Maus (“Mouse”) was a German World War II super-heavy tank completed in late 1944. It is the heaviest fully enclosed armoured fighting vehicle ever built.…