Fresh Start for Dachau: Moving On from Its Shameful Nazi Past
Shame from its Nazi past been Dachau’s tail for years. The town, with its 45,000 population, is nothing short of a neat Bavarian town complete…
To-be-Auctioned Rare WWII German Coding Machine ‘Enigma’ Awakens Memories of WWII ‘Intelligence’ Battle
British auction house, Bonhams, is putting up a rare German code machine used by the Nazis for coding their military messages during the Second World…
Nazis tried to make truce with Britain in 1941; In exchange, they wanted an unobstructed attack on USSR
The Nazis tried to trade peace with Britain. In return, they want to attack the USSR without any intervention from the Allies in 1941. This…
Jewish Bernard Warshaw Recalls WWII Memories From The Citadel to Dachau Concentration Camp
Bernard Warshaw, a son of a Jewish small town businessman, had dreamed of going to The Citadel, a military college in South Carolina. He had…
World War II Pilot Pays Tribute to Fallen Comrades in Battle of Britain Anniversary
Joy Lofthouse was among the many World War II Veterans who commemorated the Battle of Britain and remembered friends and comrades lost during the battle.…
Simply Ingenious! German Spy Cams and Bugs During the Cold War
The CIA of the United States, the MI6 of the United Kingdom and the KGB of the Soviet Union — home to the world’s greatest…
Final Stretch of Hitler’s Motorway to Get a Makeover in 2015
The last remaining stretch of the highway built by Germany’s Third Reich will get a makeover after being riddled with potholes in its 80-year life.…
Finding Nazi Gold Through a Musical Score: Truth or Hoax?
Recent weeks have flung the sleepy Bavarian town Mittenwald in a flurry of diggings – scenes that bring into mind George Lucas’ films Indiana Jones. The…
Jeremy Paxman Salutes World War I Heroes in Gallipoli; Remembers Uncle Charlie’s Sacrifice.
Some are quick to make conclusions of the events of history including one of the greatest disasters of the Allies in World War I, the…
WWII and Monopoly, how it helped captured Airmen escape!
The board game called Monopoly had really come a long way since it was first mass-produced in America in 1934. The game is basically…
George Lucas’ Red Tails: Is It Worth the Watch?
When Star Wars creator George Lucas started putting together Red Tails in 1988, he was met by countless block stops along the way. He ended up financing most…
All quiet on the Western front: Germans want to forget WWI
Berlin’s Historical Museum got the shockingly small collection of the World War I exhibits. After going through a lot of displays on the grand progress…