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The Story of Partisan German

By Max Novikov for War History Online Alexander Victorovich German was born in Petrograd (currently Saint-Petersburg) on 24th of May, 1915. After school, he chose…

The Battle of Crete Was The Reason Hitler Abandoned Parachute Assaults For Good

Crete might be an idyllic tourist island now, but during a 12-day period in May 1941 a mixed force of British, Australian, New Zealand and…

New Statue Unveiled in Honor of Female Aviation Pioneer Amy Johnson, Who Died in 1941

Amy Johnson was a pioneering British Aviator. She set many aviation records, during the 1930s either flying solo or with her husband, and she took…

Two American Heroes of World War II – A Pastor and his Wife

On Feb. 4, 1939, nearly a year after German troops marched into Czechoslovakia, an American couple left their picturesque Massachusetts home on a clandestine and…

The Death Match – Legendary Game of Death of Kiev vs Nazi Germany

Let’s dive into the past when playing football could’ve got you killed. In 1942, in occupied Ukraine, a football match was organized by the Nazi…

The Day Japan Lost Her Airforce – “Why, hell, it was just like an old-time turkey shoot down home”

“Why, hell, it was just like an old-time turkey shoot down home!” This comment from a pilot from the USS Lexington refers to the Battle…

How the WW2 German ‘Schnellboot’ S-102 Was Found in the Black sea

Recreational divers located the located the remains of a WWII German ‘Schnellboot’ lying in forty feet of water in the Black Sea near Crimea.  The…

Shot By A German Bullet, An American Flag Flown On D-Day Goes on Display

The Netherlands’ National Military Museum received a fragile American flag on Thursday. The flag once flew on the boat that carried the first US troops…

Tank Profile: Soviet Medium Tank T-34, Pics and Video!

The legendary game changing tank of the Soviet Red Army ― the T 34, with all its variants was the backbone of USSR armored units.…

MoH: G. Timmerman Sacrificed Himself To Save His Tank Crew From Hand Grenade

Jeff Edwards

By the time the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor in 1941, Grant Timmerman had already served a 4-year enlistment in the Marine Corps.  However, Timmerman was…

As A Bitter Joke, Adolf Hitler Was Nominated For The Nobel Peace Prize in 1939

Your daily dose of random and strange. Adolf Hitler was once nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. The prize has a long history, dating back to…

World War Two: The Assassination Of A Nazi Mastermind

Hitler gripped Germany and the occupied regions with the help of a network of killers who competed with him in inhumanity and barbarism. One such…