Former SS Member Could Go To Jail For Hate Speech
A former member of the SS, who was part of a group that massacred 86 French civilians in 1944, is now facing hate speech charges…
Battle of Sokolovo: The 969 Czechoslovaks Had to Walk More Than 217 Miles
The Battle of Sokolovo was the first engagement of Czechoslovak forces on the Eastern Front during World War 2. With it, the Czechoslovaks became the…
WWII Tank Hero Returns to Meet His Enemy After 68 Years & Lay Old Ghosts To Rest
Clarence Smoyer was just 19 years old in March 1945 when he was part of a tank crew pushing its way slowly through Cologne. This…
Pearl Harbor: Massive Mission for Midget Submarines, Part 2
This is Part 2 of a three-part series about the Japanese midget submarine attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Part 1 gives an…
The English and Their Country. A GI’s Guide to WW2 Britain & Its Weather
Why must the English be so terribly…English? Why can’t the English just be normal? These were the questions on the minds of many American GIs heading…
Gallery Wants Nazi-Looted Artwork Back From Germany, The Family Are Asking Half a Million For It
The Uffizi Galleries in Florence, Italy, lost a valuable painting during World War II. German soldiers took Vase of Flowers by the Dutch master Jan…
Lost Films From the Japanese Colonial Period
Thursday, 18:00 – Screening With Live Performance + Intro: Crossroads of Youth 청춘의 십자로/ Onstage: Chung Chong-hwa, Senior Researcher (Korean Film Archive) Monday 18 February,…
The One Man Tank Destroyer, Awarded a VC For Actions At Arnhem
“Operation Market Garden” was supposed to end World War II by Christmas in 1944. After the successful Allied landings in Normandy, British Field Marshal Montgomery…
Tiny Lithuania Was Once a Superpower of Europe
For many years now, the small Baltic country of Lithuania has been known as a breeding ground for some of the world’s best basketball players.…
Pearl Harbor: Massive Mission for Midget Submarines, Part 1
This is Part 1 of a three-part series about the Japanese midget submarine attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II. Part 1 gives background…
StG 44 – Approved by Hitler, The Gun that Revolutionized Modern Rifles (includes footage)
Literally named the “Storm Rifle” and approved by Adolf Hitler himself, the Sturmgewehr 44 was created to address the pressing German need for a medium-range…
The truth About Erwin König Sent to Stalingrad to Take on The Very Effective Soviet Snipers
Vasily Zaytsev was one of the most successful snipers in the Soviet army. According to documents from the time, he was so prolific that the…