He slammed his hand on the table and said to Hitler “I will not take orders from a local Nazi chieftan”… and got away with it
Written by Nigel Mountford on Quora reproduced with permission. This is General Dietrich von Saucken. As you can see, he is literally the archetypal monocled patrician…
WW2: Jäger Greifen An! – German Luftwaffe captured Gun Camera Footage
In the air war over Europe, by 1944, the Allies had overwhelming advantages in numbers. The Luftwaffe had to come out and attack the bomber formations…
Hitler’s Wolf’s Lair plaque stolen
A plaque commemorating one of the assassination attempts on Hitler’s life has been stolen according to Polish police. One of Hitler’s most famous locations was…
Richard Attenborough’s World War Two uniform goes on sale
The Royal Air Force uniform that Richard Attenborough wore during World War Two is being put up for auction at Bonham’s in London. The uniform…
WWII 2nd Infantry Division Veteran From Tulsa Still Tap dances (with Video)!
A personal story from World War Two veteran is that of Al Price who served in the US Army’s 2nd Infantry Division and drove a…
The M2 Carbine (1945)
When originally designed, the M1 carbine was intended to have only selective-fire capabilities. When actual production on the gun began, the decision was made to…
86 Remains Used for Nazi Human Experiments Discovered In Strasbourg Labratory
86 remains of Holocaust Jews used in Nazi human experiments were discovered in a forensic medicine institute in Strasbourg in eastern France recently. These 86 remains were…
The German Paris Gun – Super Gun Of WWI
The Paris Gun was a type of German long-range siege gun, several of which were used to bombard Paris during World War I. They were…
Allerberger and Hetzenauer, German Snipers Racked Up Over 600 Kills
Jozef Allerberger was born in the vicinity of Wals-Siezenheim, Austria, on 26 December 1924 (although in his memoirs he states he was born in September),…
WW II B-17 Survival Story – Virtually cut in half by a mid air collision with a German Fighter it got the crew home!
On February 1, 1943, there was a collision in mid-air between a B-17 bomber and a German fighter plane over the Tunis dock area in…
Footballer of Loos – Story Of An Audacious Action By A British Rifleman in WW1
The age-old notion of shell shock or as it is euphemistically called the battle fatigue has always been most misunderstood phenomenon of modern warfare. Soldiers…
Re-enactment of New Zealand World War One Volunteers’ Famous Rimutaka Hill Marches
At the end of September, a group of enthusiasts in the Wairarapa region of New Zealand re-enacted the locally famous three-day Rimutaka Hill route march,…