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The Race To Berlin – The Dramatic Closing Stages Of World War Two

The advance on Berlin in early 1945 didn’t only mark the final stage of World War Two in Europe. It also saw the first open…

Against All Odds – Three Impressively Valiant Stands In War History

Sometimes men are faced with impossible odds, hopelessly outnumbered or facing a merciless enemy with better weapons or other overwhelming advantages. Occasionally these terrible odds…

Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld – The German Who Saved “The Pianist” And Is Honored by Israel

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…

The Gray Ranks – The Fighting Boy-Scouts Of The Polish WWII Resistance

When people think of boy scouts, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Setting up a tent? Singing songs around the fire? Wearing…

The WW2 Concentration Camp Where Anne Frank Died: Bergen-Belsen

Sarah Cooper

Bergen-Belsen is infamous around the world for the poor conditions the prisoners endured at the camp during World War Two. Disease and malnutrition were rife,…

Valiant Stands Of War History

Sometimes men are faced with impossible odds, hopelessly outnumbered or facing a merciless enemy with better weapons or other overwhelming advantages. Occasionally these terrible odds…

The WW2 Concentration Camp Where Anne Frank Died: Bergen-Belsen

Sarah Cooper

Bergen-Belsen is infamous around the world for the poor conditions the prisoners endured at the camp during World War Two. Disease and malnutrition were rife,…

The Gray Ranks – The Fighting Boy-Scouts Of The Polish WWII Resistance

When people think of boy scouts, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Setting up a tent? Singing songs around the fire? Wearing…

Ten Facts: The Race To Berlin – The Dramatic Closing Stages Of World War Two

The advance on Berlin in early 1945 didn’t only mark the final stage of World War Two in Europe. It also saw the first open…

The Gray Ranks – The Fighting Boy-Scouts Of The Polish WWII Resistance

When people think of boy scouts, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Setting up a tent? Singing songs around the fire? Wearing…

Bravery And Resistance Of The Polish Partisans In World War Two

When Germany invaded Poland in the fall of 1939, defeating the country militarily, soldiers and civilians carried on the fight as partisans, forming the Polish…

A “mentally unstable, violent fanatic” – The Horrific War Record of Oskar Dirlewanger

The word Nazi conjures up rather unpleasant associations, to say the least. When even the Nazis shuddered at the exploits of one of their own;…