World War 2 | War History

20 Remarkable Facts About Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler, one of the worst dictators ever if not the worst in recorded human history, was responsible for 60 to 85 million deaths during…

Clem Dowler Went From B-17 Ball Turret Gunner To Guerilla Fighter

Author: McKay Smith In the summer of 1944, Clem Dowler went from serving in the U.S. Army Air Corps to fighting alongside the Office of Strategic…

This is Simply Amazing: The M1 Garand Firing in Slow Motion (Watch)

General George S. Patton, one of the most important Allied generals of World War II, called the M1 Garand Rifle ‘the greatest battle implement ever…

Nancy Wake, in WWII – Freedom Fighter, Allied Agent and The Gestapo’s Most Wanted

The books and moments of history are filled with memorable names, courageous figures, and moments of sheer ingenuity. Yet not all names are as well…

Open to the Public: The Secret Tunnels Nazis Used to Hide During the Final Days of WWII

Toward the end of World War II, the Nazis had become desperate. As a last resort, they used emergency factory space to avoid the Allied…

James Bond Author Ian Fleming’s Service in the British Intelligence During WWII

Ian Fleming, the author of the cult spy novel franchise centering around an MI-6 agent, James Bond, code named 007, had a history of intelligence…

The Invasion of Crete: The Great Paratroop Invasion Which Was So Costly For The Germans It Was Their Last

The age of the paratrooper arrived with the Second World War. For a brief yet significant period until the rise of the transport helicopter, paratroopers…

Where Patton Awarded McAuliffe: The 101st Airborne HQ Chateau in Bastogne Revisited!

In this Dakota Hunter Blog, you will read about an insane plan that the Germans deployed in a final effort to break the imminent Allied…

Fury (2014): Historical Tactical Inaccuracy Of The Tiger Ambush Scene

Fury is an American film which was released in 2014. Written and directed by David Ayer and starring Brad Pitt, it follows a United States…

The Battle for Normandy – Amazing Images from the Battlefields

In 1944 the Allies began to plan an invasion of France, then occupied by Nazi Germany. Germany was losing on the Italian and the Russian…

101st Airborne – Bastogne in WW2 – The Belt That Saved A Life

Reg Jans

Battlefield guide Reg Jans tells the story about two paratroopers of the 3rd Battalion 506th who went looking for food outside their lines. A mortar…

Have You Ever Seen Anything Like These Crazy WW2 Weapons?

Towards the end of World War II, Nazi scientists and engineers were working on a number of destructive and innovative devices. The Germans were losing…