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C-47 The Plane & The Invention That Helped D-Day Happen

C-47

The largest fleet of flying Douglas DC-3/ C-47/ Dakotas ever seen since the 1950s is now steadily building up in Duxford, Cambridge, UK. In the…

Details of Edda Goering, Daughter of Hermann Goering, Passing Away Aged 80

Ian Harvey

Edda Goering, the daughter of the German Luftwaffe commander and top Nazi official, Hermann Goering, passed away on December 21, 2018, at the age of…

The Master German Interrogator who Used Country Walks & Home Baked Cakes!

A prisoner once quipped Hanns Scharff “could get a confession of infidelity from a Nun.” His wife’s freshly baked pastries and cookies, and pleasant strolls…

Amazing Photographs of WWII-era Submarine Pens

For the construction of the pens in Hamburg (designated as the Elbe I and Elbe II) some 1,700 prisoners were used as forced labor. While…

Operation Valkyrie: The Plot To Get Rid of Adolf & End The War

Jay Hemmings

The plan was for von Stauffenberg to arm the bombs, which were on timer fuses and hidden in briefcases, and then carry the two briefcases…

The German Units Tasked To Throw The Normandy Invasion Back Into The Sea

Joshua Baylor

Despite heavy losses, remnants of the LSSAH would go on to fight in the Ardennes campaign, the defense of Vienna, and the Battle of Berlin.…

The Accountant Of Auschwitz : The True Story Of The Third Reich

He didn’t dream of being a soldier or a flying ace and was happy with his desk job. Oskar  Gröning was 94 years old when…

Mosquito Bite: Yours For a Cool $7 MILLION!

Damian Lucjan

With a range of over 3,000 km (1,900 miles), a de Havilland Mosquito could fly from London to Warsaw and back. Are you tired of…

Hitler’s Plans for a New World Order After His Victory in WW2

The Man in the High Castle is a popular Amazon TV series based on the novels bearing the same name by Philip K. Dick. In…

Fuhrer Sale- Fury at Hitler Painting Auction

Ian Harvey

Five paintings put up for sale through a German auction house failed to sell when they were included in a public auction recently. Auction house…

To This Day, The Myth Still Abounds: Why Didn’t The Germans Invade Switzerland?

By the end of 1940, the German Wehrmacht had overrun most of its neighbors — only brave little Switzerland remained free. But why did Adolf…

‘Who Put Bella in the Witch Elm’ – Mysterious Wartime Disappearance, Was She a German Spy?

Ruslan Budnik

In the 1970s, graffiti appeared on an old obelisk near Stourbridge in England with the inscription: “WHO PUT BELLA IN THE WITCH ELM?” This inscription…