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Volunteers And Veterans Work Hard To Keep A Piece of History Afloat

More than 70 years ago, the Allied forces of World War II invaded Omaha Beach in Normandy, France as part of the D-Day operations. Thanks…

The Full Horror of the Nazis’ Treatment of Women is Explored in this Important Book

Ian Harvey

Warning: Some readers may find the content of this article distressing Dr. Beverley Chalmers’ latest book is Birth, Sex, and Abuse: Women’s Voices Under Nazi Rule…

Wounded, He Sacrificed Himself to Clear the way for his Platoon – James Stokes, VC

Jack Beckett

Private James Stokes’ thirtieth birthday was February 6th, 1945. On the 1st of March, less than one month later, he came to the end of…

10 Facts: Japanese Admiral Yamamoto – The Architect Of The Pearl Harbor Attack

Colin Fraser

Isoroku Yamamoto was the Japanese Imperial Navy Admiral and Commander-in-chief who masterminded the attack on Pearl Harbor December 7th, 1941. He was hated by U.S.…

Operation Cherry Blossoms at Night, The WW2 Japanese Plan to Unleash Biological Warfare on the USA

World War II introduced the international community to a host of new horrors: Adolf Hitler’s concentration camps dedicated to death, Japan’s air-led destruction that turned…

Skorzeny: The Mythical Nazi Commando (Part 2)

Continues from SKORZENY: The Mythical Commando (Part 1) By Adeyinka Makinde At the time, both the Hague and Geneva Conventions permitted the execution of “spies and saboteurs”…

This Cocky Pilot Needed The Ground Crew To Cover Up His Crash!

In the USA they were labeled ’Gung-ho,’ the British called them ‘Cocky’ – in essence, the words describe an attitude of enthusiasm coupled with an…

Exploring and Looting Hitler’s House, The 101st Airborne at Berchtesgaden (Watch)

On May 8, 1945, the American 1st Battalion of the 506th Infantry Regiment arrived in Berchtesgaden. It was led by Company C. The 3rd Battalion…

The Cost Of War: Emotional Drone Footage Of Margraten American Cemetery

A Large number American soldiers who were killed in Europe during World War II were buried there, thousands of kilometers from home. The Netherlands American Cemetery…

50 German WWII Focke-Wulf Fighter Planes May Be Buried In Turkey

It is the end of WWII, and you have 50 perfectly good German Focke-Wulf FW-190 planes, but the American Government is pressurizing you to destroy…

Audie Murphy – Troubled American Medal of Honor War Hero and Epic Hollywood Star

One of the most highly decorated American soldier of World War II, Audie Leon Murphy, was born on the 20th June 1925.  His life story…

16 WWII ‘Facts’ That Just Aren’t True

Simon Templar

There are a lot of myths about World War II, just as there are about any other epic event. Some are half-baked. Some are based…