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    Solothurn Anti-Tank Rifle: A German Weapon That Almost Entered American Service During WWII

    • World War 2
    Nov 28, 2017 Nikola Budanovic

    The rocket-propelled grenade launcher, a shoulder-fired anti-tank weapon, is in wide use today in conflicts around the world. Before its development, the weaponry used against…

    The Gigantic Floating Dry Docks That Could Repair Battleships And Carriers Thousands Of Miles From Home

    • World War 2
    Nov 28, 2017 Joris Nieuwint

    The United States Navy, during World War 2, decided to create a temporary forward base utilizing service stations; these stations meant the United States Navy…

    West German Government Was Full of Ex-Nazis After WW2

    • World War 2
    • War Articles
    Nov 28, 2017 Ian Harvey

    For over two decades after the end of World War II, almost 100 members of the Nazi party held high-ranking positions in the West German…

    The German Officer Who Rescued the ‘Pianist’

    • World War 2
    Nov 28, 2017 Shahan Russell

    Sometimes, things aren’t always so black and white. Take the Nazi officer who ran a concentration camp in Poland. Who would ever have thought that he’d…

    They Got the Wrong Village: SS Troops Massacred Over 600 French Villagers in Oradour-sur-Glane

    • World War 2
    Nov 28, 2017 Colin Fraser

    On December 9, 2014, a German court in Cologne dropped the multiple charges of murder and accessory to murder against an 88-year-old man named Werner…

    Six American Aircraft Which Were Crucial To Victory In WWII

    • Military Vehicles
    • World War 2
    Nov 28, 2017 Kristine Croto

    Aircraft had begun to play a crucial role in the battles of World War I, but by the Second World War, aircraft had become a…

    21-Year-Old Bomber Pilot Who Died Saving His Crew, Running on Just One Engine He Stayed With the Bomber

    • World War 2
    • Military Vehicles
    Nov 28, 2017 Andrew Knighton

    On the night of May 30, 1942, Britain launched its largest bombing raid so far in World War Two. Of the 1,047 bombers that flew,…

    Unconventional Designs And Challenging Builds – German Heavy Tank Destroyers At The End of WWII

    • Military Vehicles
    • World War 2
    Nov 28, 2017 Nikola Budanovic

    When Ferdinand Porsche offered his designs for the Tiger II tank in 1939, it was deemed too unconventional. It was also considered too demanding to…

    French And British Tanks Changed The Face Of Warfare In WWI, But Germany Did Not Realise Their Value Until The End Of The War

    • World War 1
    Nov 28, 2017 Andrew Knighton

    During WWI, military designers created the first tanks which changed the face of warfare. Not every nation, however, embraced them with the same level of…

    The SAS: WW2 Pioneers of Guerilla Warfare Whose Exploits Have Long Remained Secret

    • War Articles
    • World War 2
    Nov 28, 2017 Ian Harvey

    The Special Air Service has been talked about in whispered voices for 75 years.  What it accomplished in World War II has barely been recognized,…

    Catch Me if You Can: Franz Von Werra The Only German POW to Escape From Canada and Get Back Into the Fight

    • World War 2
    Nov 28, 2017 Jeff Edwards

    A POW escaping from captivity has long been one of the more fascinating plot lines of World War 2.  For all the war’s brutality, there…

    Pierre Ortiz: French Legionnaire, US Marine, Hollywood Actor, German Nightmare

    • World War 2
    Nov 28, 2017 Shahan Russell

    In late 1944, a man sat in a French café wearing a long, dark cape. Around him were German officers grumbling and cursing President Roosevelt,…

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