Crazy French Count Blew Up German Factory With Baguettes Filled With Explosives
In 1938, 15-year-old Count Robert Jean-Marie de La Rochefoucauld went to pay Hitler a visit in Bavaria. The German Chancellor gave Rochefoucauld a friendly pat…
France: Nazi Banner for WWII Film Sparked Locals’ Outrage in Nice, Prompted Tourists to Take Selfies
Nice, France – Locals of the city were outraged to see a Nazi banner displayed outside Nice’s Palais de la Prefecture, a government building. The huge red flag emblazoned with…
Adolf Hitler Planned To Destroy The Manhattan Skyscrapers During WWII – Years Before Osama Bin Laden
The Fuhrer not just wish for world domination. He was specifically obsessed with the vision of the destruction of America’s city, New York. Adolf Hitler…
ON THIS DAY! Paris Liberated By The Free French Forces, August 25th 1944
Image Courtesy of Wikipedia After the Allied Forces landed in Normandy and finally penetrated the German lines, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, American General Dwight…
The German Secret WWI Periscope To Spy On Enemy Trenches – By Gene E. Fax
Observation station inside the “Crown Prince’s Observatory” with a closeup of the concrete tower. The promontory of Montfaucon was at the center of the German…
AVENUE OF SPIES – PART TWO – Escape From France
War History Online is proud to be able to present you this exclusive second extracts from Alex Kershaws new book: Avenue of Spies The girl’s…
EXCLUSIVE Avenue Of Spies – Part One – Donald Coster Survives the Blitzkrieg
War History Online is proud to be able to present you this exclusive extracts from Alex Kershaws new book: Avenue of Spies Part One – Donald…
A Conversation with Alex Kershaw Author of AVENUE OF SPIES
A Conversation with Alex Kershaw Author of AVENUE OF SPIES A True Story of Terror, Espionage, and one American Family’s Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris Q.…
Alex Kershaw: AVENUE OF SPIES – A True Story of Terror, Espionage, & One American Family’s Heroic Resistance in Nazi-Occupied Paris
At the dawn of the 1940s, few could boast a more exclusive address than on Paris’s renowned Avenue Foch. Home to dignitaries, socialites, and some…
Battle of Waterloo commemorative coin criticised by France
The Battle of Waterloo took place 200 years ago and with an array of commemoration events and activities this year Belgium has decided to launch…
TAKE ME TO FRANCE – Review by Mark Barnes
There is an endless debate in the UK about how so many people from here make little or no effort to learn a foreign language. …
Crafty Gadgets and Famous Spies of WWII
James Bond truly isn’t the only legendary spy out there. The Imperial War Museum of London proudly displays the gadgets used by famous spies during…