The Deadliest Sniper in History, Simo Häyhä – The White Death
There have been many great snipers in history and who can take the title of the greatest is a topic of debate. However, if you…
Polish City Refuses to Remove Communist-Era Monument
The city of Rzeszow, along Poland’s border with Ukraine, has ignored a request to remove a monument from the Soviet-era commemorating the liberation of the…
Awesome! Red Army War Sleds With Airplane Engines & Guns!
The Winter War of 1939, between Finland and the Soviet Union convinced the Soviets to develop more effective tactics in the so-called “General Winter” conditions.…
Coventry and Stalingrad, the first cities to be ‘twinned’: How it began, and how long it may continue
During WWII, Coventry (England) and Stalingrad (Soviet Union) joined together to become the world’s first twinned cities. The union between the two cities was a…
Hitler’s Final Days Revealed: Eyewitnesses Recount the Nazi’s Death in Unearthed Footage
A new documentary called The Day Hitler Died contains never-before-seen interviews with those who surrounded Hitler during his final days. When World War Two came…
Why You Can’t Take Selfies At Auschwitz
A British novelist and journalist, Anthony Horowitz, recently made a plea for the banning of self-photography – the taking of “selfies” – at the Auschwitz…
18 Little Known Facts About Joseph Stalin
Joseph Stalin, or Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili, is a man who, unfortunately, needs no introduction. He was one of World War II’s most infamous leaders,…
South American Archives Confirm That Thousands of Nazis Fled There after the World War II
Recently-opened archives in some South American countries have shed new light on the extent of the wide-scale influx of Nazis into the Americas at the…
South American Archives Confirm That Thousands of Nazis Fled There after the World War II
Recently-opened archives in some South American countries have shed new light on the extent of the wide-scale influx of Nazis into the Americas at the…
Is This 112 Year old Auschwitz Survivor The Oldest Person Alive?
During the Second World War, more people died in the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz than the combined total number of American and British losses.…
Hitlers Plan To Kill Roosevelt, Stalin and Churchill At The Teheran Conference
Many assassination attempts were made on Hitler’s life. Yet, not so well-known are the Nazi assassination plans for the Allied leaders – President Roosevelt, Prime…
Last Soviet Red Army Soldier From St Petersburg to Storm the Nazi Reichstag has Died
The last member of the Soviet Red Army division that lived in St. Petersburg and stormed the German Reichstag in Berlin at the end of…