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Edelweiss Pirates: Nazi Germany’s Youth Resistance With Song, Dance And Sabotage

Every generation has its punk rock all-stars and the Edelweiss Pirates, the counter culture to the Hitler Youth, bring that to mind with an added…

Cold War: The CIA Had Many Double Agents Spy Against Them

Just recently news has been released by a CIA analyst that during the Cold War there were double agents who worked for the CIA while…

How Europeans Help Search For Missing World War II Soldiers

Image source: VGBO Chris Seiwert, a 59-year-old German criminal attorney, was angry and frustrated so he did what most modern tech-savvy people do and he…

Killing Heydrich, the Butcher of Prague

It all began on September 30, 1938 when the Munich Agreement was signed. With this agreement, England and France gave the Nazi dictator, Adolf Hitler…

Hitler’s Last Residence, Fuhrerbunker, Went Unnoticed For 60 Years

Hitler’s Last Day

A parking lot now sits where Adolf Hitler’s Reich Chancellery once stood. It is long gone thanks to Soviet troops liberating Berlin marking the end…

When Kruschev and Kennedy Brought the World To The Brink Of Destruction – The Cuban Missile Crisis

In October 1962, the US and the USSR nearly came to blows over Cuba, potentially starting WWIII and plunging the world into a nuclear winter.…

Killing Heydrich, the Butcher of Prague

It all began on September 30, 1938 when the Munich Agreement was signed. With this agreement, England and France gave the Nazi dictator, Adolf Hitler…

Hitler’s Last Residence, Fuhrerbunker, Went Unnoticed For 60 Years

Hitler’s Last Day

A parking lot now sits where Adolph Hitler’s Reich Chancellery once stood. It is long gone thanks to Soviet troops liberating Berlin marking the end…

‘A good opportunity’ Local veteran discusses service with United States Army, Europe

War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Jeremy P. Ämick, who is a military historian and writes on behalf of the Silver Star…

Hitlers Horses from the New Reich Chancellery recovered by German Authorities

Image via Wikipedia After decades of disappearance in the complex and in some cases impenetrable art black market, some historical relics belonging to Adolf Hitler’s Third…

Hitler’s bunker to be recreated as a tourist attraction

Hitler’s bunker

Hitler’s bunker, in which he hid during the final days of World War Two, is to be recreated and opened as a tourist attraction in…

Ghosts of Soviet bloc’s economy- images of deserted resort in GDR

Photo story (Clockwise from top left): (1) Pension Sachsenruh Hotel in Saxony in former East Germany now stands just as the ghosts of Soviet bloc’s…