The Mission to Steal a V-2 rocket from the Nazis
Allied intelligence about the so called Nazi “Wonder Weapons” was lacking throughout World War Two. Allied intelligence services therefore jumped at the opportunity to get…
Partisan Warfare on the Eastern Front 1941-1944 – Reviewed by Nate Sullivan for War History Online
As someone who owns a modest collection of original photographs from the Eastern Front, I jumped at the opportunity to check out this recent addition…
Exploding RATS and Anti-Tank Dogs, a list of the strangest weapons of WWII
World War Two required production of weapons on a massive scale. The war was also a time when weapons research and development took center stage.…
Nazis created largest gun – the Gustav Gun
It was Adolf Hitler who commissioned the building of the world’s largest gun, the Gustav Gun. In 1939 Hitler couldn’t see a way to get…
Equality in Everything Else: The Female Nazi Guards as Evil as the Men
Now that we know a fraction of the horrid things which went through the Nazis’ death camp for women, let us get to know the…
Bringing the story of Witold Pilecki, Polish hero who volunteered to go INTO Auschwitz, to America
Inmate 4859. The Death Camp Volunteer – Beyond Bravery Thus, I am expected to describe bare facts only, as my colleagues want it. It was…
Witold Pilecki: ‘Beyond bravery’ during World War II – Getting INTO Auschwitz
Inmate 4859. The Death Camp Volunteer – Beyond Bravery Thus, I am expected to describe bare facts only, as my colleagues want it. It was…
Germany Hoped to Weaponize the Occult to Win the Second World War
Germany thought up several strategies to increase its chances of winning World War II, including the breeding of potato bugs to decimate enemy crops and…
Karl Plagge Saved Jewish Lives Ahead of a Camp Liquidation – and Lived
The Second World War saw numerous atrocities committed against a large portion of Europe’s Jewish population. Upon being drafted into the German Army, engineer Karl…
The Stories Behind History’s Most Iconic War Photos
For nearly two centuries, photographers have been using pictures to document the horrors of war. This has led to some of history’s most famous photos,…
American GI Gave Holocaust Survivor Hope With Small Gesture
Holocaust survivor Lily Ebert faced the worst humanity could throw at her when she was taken from her home in Hungary and transported to Auschwitz.…
T-54 MBT For Sale Perfect For Nipping to the Shops
A very popular model among the countries of the former Warsaw Pact, it was built with a license in countries such as Poland and Czechoslovakia.…