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Action T4 – Nazis Euthanasia Programme That Dealt With The disabled and Mentally Ill

In October 1939, Adolf Hitler signed a decree that enabled Nazi Germany to forcefully euthanize patients who they deemed were “unworthy of life”. After the…

37 Images Of The Massive German Flak Towers, Armed To The Teeth And Could Shelter Thousands

Following the raid on Berlin by the Royal Air Force in 1940, the construction of 3 huge flak towers was ordered by Adolf Hitler. These…

Unique! Flying a Drone Over A Massive German FLAK Bunker From WW2

Following the raid on Berlin by the Royal Air Force in 1940, the construction of 3 huge flak towers was ordered by Adolf Hitler. These…

New Book Sheds Light on Ravensbrück Concentration Camp

Ravensbrück was the only concentration camp built by the Nazis specifically for women. Located 50 miles north of Berlin, it opened four months before the…

55 quotes from Band of Brothers – hey Frank, this guy says the Germans are bad…..!!

Ronald Spiers: The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you’re already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you’ll be…

11 Iconic Battlefields of WWII Then And Now

After just over 70 years, we look back at 11 iconic locations of the Second World War as they were then – and as they are…

10 Things You Need To Know About Hermann Goering

Hermann Goering was born on 12 January 1893, as a son of a wealthy German diplomat, Heinrich Goering, who pursued an overseas career, serving as…

After the Nuremberg Trials, Spandau Prison Was Dedicated To Holding 7 Nazi War Criminals

In the borough of Spandau on Berlin’s west side, there sits a shopping complex on Wilhelmstraße that was once a shopping and leisure fixture for…

Rommel’s Last Battle in North-Africa – Costly Failure At Medenine

Jack Beckett

The hot Tunisian sun beat down on the steel of tanks and armoured personnel carriers, planes strafed the artillery positions and the tracks of tanks…

82nd Airborne D-Day Paratrooper Returns to Normandy, For The Last Time?

Ralph Ticcioni’s first taste of France and all things French was of a barn roof – his parachute had caught on the weather vane! It…

How Hitler And Hirohito Lead Their People Off A Cliff During A Depression

Daniel Russ

For eight years of the 20th century, the Japanese were on a Crusade. Their progress was driven by an eidolon of the Japanese as a…

A handful of heroes – Rorke’s Drift. Facts, Myths and Legends – Review by Mark Barnes

I doubt there are many visitors to WHO Towers who aren’t fans of classic war movies. The great era for them has long since passed and…