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    The Origins and History of The Last Post

    • History
    Dec 13, 2017 Heather Fishel

    Chances are, you have heard the notes of the Last Post. The lone notes, played by a military bugler, trumpeting the notes of the song…

    SS-Standartenführer Joachim Peiper

    • World War 2
    Dec 13, 2017 Heather Fishel

    Many men, soldiers, and supporters of Hitler and his politics, helped Germany do the damage it did during World War II. One of those men…

    Erich Koch: Nazi War Criminal Who Tried to Evade the Consequences of his Crimes

    • World War 2
    Dec 13, 2017 Andrew Knighton

    The rise and fall of the German Nazi Party witnessed the rise and fall of many horrendously evil men. In 1945, the Nazi government and…

    The Battle Of Morgarten – Against All The Odds, One Small Army Changes The Course Of Military History

    • Medieval
    Dec 13, 2017 Malcolm Higgins

    The supremacy of heavy cavalry and mounted knights on the battlefield came to an end one cold November morning in 1315, and it began with…

    General Rommel And The Afrika Korps In Stunning Pictures

    • World War 2
    Dec 13, 2017 Joris Nieuwint

    The Afrika Korps or German Africa Corps was the German expeditionary force in Africa during the North African Campaign of World War II. First sent…

    The Lion of Africa: Paul von Lettow Vorbeck: Germany’s WW1 Guerilla Commander In East Africa

    • World War 1
    • Worldwide
    Dec 13, 2017 Gabe Christy

    In March of 1919, while Germany was recovering from its defeat in the First World War, its people starving and its army in ruins, a…

    Wounded in Action – Powerful German Officers of WWII

    • World War 2
    Dec 13, 2017 Andrew Knighton

    Modern warfare distances commanders from the action. The commanders of WWII in German armies, however, often put themselves close to the front lines. Along with…

    Gabrielle Petit Had A Hard Life – She Was A Heroine of World War One

    • World War 1
    Dec 13, 2017 Shahan Russell

    Some people get no breaks in life. Sometimes, they have to die before getting the recognition they deserve. Take the case of the Belgian heroine…

    The German Officer Who Sacrificed His Life In A Minefield To Save An American Soldier

    • World War 2
    Dec 13, 2017 Shahan Russell

    October 7, 1994, saw a strange sight over the Hürtgen War Cemetery in Hürtgen, Germany. The cemetery is the final home of 3001 bodies –…

    SS Battlegroup Commander Otto Weidinger

    • World War 2
    Dec 13, 2017 Andrew Knighton

    Background and Training In 1934, the 20-year-old Otto Weidinger joined the Allgemeine branch of the SS. Showing potential as a leader, he was sent for…

    It’s Complicated: The Royal Navy Freed 299 POW But Caused Norway To Be Invaded By Nazi Germany

    • World War 2
    Dec 13, 2017 Shahan Russell

    In 1940, a tanker was transporting 299 British POWs to Germany. As it passed through neutral Norwegian waters, the British mounted a successful rescue operation,…

    Vietnam Medal Of Honor: Lemon had run out of grenades. He took the man out with his bare hands

    • Vietnam War
    Dec 13, 2017 Shahan Russell

    The Medal of Honor is America’s highest military award given to US citizens for acts of valor. Even if those recipients were high on Marijuana when…

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