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Pointe Du Hoc From Above! Where The Americans Captured The High Ground on D-Day (Watch)

Pointe du Hoc is on the coast of Normandy (Northern France) and overlooks the English Channel. The German army had control of this crucial area…

Top 10 Most Bizarre Tanks Ever Built

Tanks are designed for front-line combat. These strong armored fighting vehicles are a pivotal part of any land forces in warfare. Tanks can be used…

Himmler’s Witches Library Discovered in the Czech Republic

The library of books about the occult accumulated by Heinrich Himmler, Nazi SS chief, was discovered this month in the Czech Republic. He reportedly believed…

Controversial Statue to Nazi Collaborator Nzhdeh Erected In Armenia

A statue was recently erected in the Armenian capital of Yerevan in honor of Garegin Ter-Harutyunyan, also known as Garegin Nzhdeh. The statue is drawing…

Secret German WWII Code Machine Found On Ebay For £10

One should not be surprised by the astounding variety of odd things that are advertised on eBay – it has often proved to be a…

I Survived A Firing Squad

Can you imagine what it must be like to be marched out to face a firing squad, say goodbye to your closest friend who is…

Hitler’s Birth Home May be Demolished

Adolf Hitler was born in a town called Braunau am Inn in Austria near the German border. The Austrian government is now seeking to demolish…

“The Battle That Saved The Civilization” – Szigetvár, 1566

The end of summer in the 16th century for Hungary was marked by one of the bloodiest sieges of their history. The Habsburg Monarchy suffered a…

What if USA had won the Vietnam War? (Watch)

The Vietnam War is remembered in popular culture as a catastrophic failure by the USA to prevent the creation of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.…

Crossing the Rhine – In Pictures!

On March 24th 1945, near Xanten in Germany, the Rhine River was crossed in one of the biggest attacks launched in western-Europe. The attack consisted of…

The Lockheed U-2 and the SR-71 Blackbird – Top Secret Spy Planes

The Lockheed U-2 and SR-71 ‘Blackbird’ are two planes about which there is not a lot known. Here we will learn some facts about them.…

Rare Goliath tracked mine the latest addition to the Wheatcroft Collection

Mark Barnes

There is good news from Donington where a rare Goliath tracked mine has gone on display. The Goliath, used by German forces in World War…