5 Of The Most Bizarre Weapons Of The Second World War
World War Two saw massive leaps in technology as the countries involved wanted to advance their military capabilities, medical support and communications over their enemies.…
The Man Who Volunteered For Auschwitz And Escaped To Tell About The Horrors
Inmate 4859. The Death Camp Volunteer – Beyond Bravery Thus, I am expected to describe bare facts only, as my colleagues want it. It was…
WATCH: Schwerer Gustav: Biggest Gun Ever Used in Combat
Schwerer Gustav – This was the name given to a German 80 cm railway gun, a huge piece of artillery designed to be shot from…
Rising from the Ashes: The Landmarks Destroyed by WWII Bombings and Resurrected
In light of the recent commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the fire-bombing of Dresden, Germany – one of the most controversial passages of the Second…
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…
Josefina Guerrero: The Philippine Spy Who Used Her Illness to Help the Allies Liberate Her Country
Throughout the Japanese occupation of the Philippines during the Second World War, guerrillas actively worked to liberate their country. Among then was a twenty-something woman…