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The Battle for Texel – The Last European Battle of World War Two

Texel, a small West Friesian Island off the coast of the Netherlands, was occupied by the Nazis during World War Two, but didn’t see action…

Did You Know The Nazi’s Needed Almost 1 Million Soldiers To Fight Partisans in Yugoslavia? – By Edin Hardauš

The National Liberation War in Yugoslavia lasted from July 1941 until May 15th 1945. During this period, the Axis forces engaged a massive number of soldiers…

Remains of Jews Gassed in Auschwitz And Found Preserved In Jars Finally Laid to Rest

The remains of preserved Jews who were part of Nazi experiments at Auschwitz have finally been laid to rest 70 years after the end of World…

IMAGES OF WAR SERIES SUMMER ROUND UP

IMAGES OF WAR SERIES

The ‘to do’ pile in the Reviews Editor’s man-cave at WHO Towers is in danger of toppling, so it seems like a good time to…

Hitler’s Mistake at Dunkirk

As the 75th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation has been commemorated, historians are looking back and analysing why Hitler did not finish off the Allied…

The Germans Who Fought With The RAF During WWII

The majority of the British Army during World War Two consisted of British and her Allied troops. However there was a small contingent of a…

THE ADVANCE FROM MONS 1914 – The German Side! – Review by Chris Buckham

Bloem was a reserve Captain in the Royal Prussian Grenadier Regiment Prinz Carl von Preussen who engaged from the very first days of the First…

Could the Nazis have conquered the United States?

Considering some of the different outcomes that could have happened during World War Two, historians and researchers have looked closely at how and what would…

World War One German Mephisto A7V tank on display in Canberra

World War One German Mephisto A7V tank

A7V tank at Roye on 21 March 1918 Via A World War One German Mephisto A7V tank has been put on display at the Australian…

Colditz Castle – a visitor attraction for World War Two enthusiasts

Colditz Castle

The infamous Colditz Castle [Via] The escape from Colditz Castle in Germany during World War Two was made famous in the movie, The Colditz Story in…

New biography details life of Goebbels

[Via] A new biography of Dr Joseph Goebbels has been written and published by historian Peter Longerich. Goebbels was Adolf Hitler’s propaganda chief and number two,…

The Battle for Texel – The Last European Battle of World War Two

Texel, a small West Friesian Island off the coast of the Netherlands, was occupied by the Nazis during World War Two, but didn’t see action…