Local US WWII veteran recalls storming Normandy Beach
Independence Day on the 4th July ensures that the US recalls and commemorates those people who have given their lives for freedom. One World War…
WITH HITLER IN THE WEST – Review by Mark Barnes
I don’t expect you to remember, but I reviewed the autobiography of Heinrich Hoffmann around three years ago. He stands as one of the great…
US-Soviet ties leading up to the Second World War
Despite the fact that United States and Soviet Union were not on the best of terms prior to the Second World War, the conflict in…
A Moscow Cat not only bares the resemblance to Hitler, he has the tantrum to go with it as well [FUN]
Hitler is perhaps the only historic figure and certainly the only tyrant who never gets tired of his resurrection in modern objects. There is certainly…
Historic Photograph Shows The Crew of Bomber Command’s Last Bombing Mission Of WWII
Brian Emsley found the picture of the destructive device being loaded on to an RAF Mosquito as he leafed through his late father’s old family…
Reinhard Heydrich – A Man Who Needed Killing
One of the most important covert operations of the Second World War, Operation Anthropoid was the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, the Nazi commander who led…
A testimony of the Reichstag Fire. Hitler: “It is a sign from God!”
Image Courtesy of Wikipedia On the evening of February 27th, 1933, an alarm was announcing not only a fire, but also a crucial moment in…
THE CAUCASUS 1942-1943 – Review by Phil Hodges
Stand up and be applauded Osprey….again! First impressions of this book: WOW!The book is great, the layout is great, the artwork is fantastic. I’m never…
PERHAPS THE GREATEST ENIGMA OF WW2: ADMIRAL WILHELM CANARIS
By Richard Brook In Berlin, running perpendicular to the Tiergarten is Stauffenbergstasse, renamed in honor of Col Claus von Stauffenberg, the man who tried to kill…
A controversial initiative: restoring Hitler’s bunker for tourists
The Führerbunker. Image Courtesy of Wikipedia A German museum plans to rebuild the bunker from Berlin where Adolf Hitler spent his last days during the Second…
A historical fake: The photo of Hitler walking out of prison
Documents from Hitlers time in Landsberg are to be auctioned on July 2 by the owner of a taxi company, who says his father discovered them…
Coco Chanel, a Nazi spy: The role the famous designer had in WWII
Image Courtesy of: ibnlive.in Coco Chanel remained in history as one of the most inspiring fashion designers of all time and as the first person who…