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OH YES! 10 Strangest WWII Unsolved Mysteries #6 Is Freaky, #9 Is Sad

Jack Beckett

There has been an interesting discussion with regards to the Nazi Gold Train, which was possibly discovered. If the gold train does exist, it could…

Why Did the French Army Collapse So Quickly? – Omnibooks Magazine, 1942

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This article from Omnibooks Magazine, published in 1942, looks back on the fall of France Q. Why did France fall? A. Because the French people…

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…

The General Who Won WWII – You Never Guess How Stalin Rewarded Him

George Zhukov was a Soviet career officer in the Red Army who played a most pivotal role during World War II. He led the drive…

EXPLORING THE SECRET NAZI TUNNELS UNDER A GERMAN VACATION TOWN

Jack Beckett

Deep in the mountains of Bavaria is a concrete doorway set into the side of the mountain. Even in the height of summer, the thick…

Hitlers Forgotten Belgian Bunker From Which He Directed The Battle Of France

Hitler’s Bunker – Brûly-de-Pesche 1940 «Between Resistance and Occupation». The Berlin bunker where Hitler spent the last days of the war and his life has been…

The Unknown Daring Midnight Raid That Started World War One- By James Lyon

War History Online presents this Guest Article by James Lyon Most people think the first battle of World War One took place on 5 August 1914, when…

Nazis introduced videophones in 1936

It may come as a surprise to many, but the truth is that the Nazis first introduced ‘Video call technology’ on March 1, 1936. The…

PERHAPS THE GREATEST ENIGMA OF WW2: ADMIRAL WILHELM CANARIS

By Richard Brook In Berlin, running perpendicular to the Tiergarten is Stauffenbergstasse, renamed in honor of Col Claus von Stauffenberg, the man who tried to kill…

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

Jack Beckett

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…

A controversial initiative: restoring Hitler’s bunker for tourists

The Führerbunker. Image Courtesy of Wikipedia A German museum plans to rebuild the bunker from Berlin where Adolf Hitler spent his last days during the Second…

The death of Erwin Rommel: the Field Marshal is forced to commit suicide

Ovidiu Popa

Erwin Rommel was, for a time, Hitler’s favorite general. After his success in 1940, as the commander of a Panzer division, Rommel was appointed to…