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Guest blogger Alex Kershaw: Liberation of Dachau Part I

To commemorate the 71th anniversary of the liberation of Dachau on April 29th, Alex Kershaw has sent us an exclusive extract from his book The…

Automakers and the Arsenal of Democracy Reveals Chrysler’s World War Two Contribution (Watch)

U.S. car maker Chrysler was a crucial manufacturer of tanks and vehicles for the US Army during World War Two.  Now, the story of how…

Faces of Evil: Female Concentration Camp Guards

Up until 1942, guards at concentrations camps within Adolf Hitler’s Empire were primarily male. That all changed in 1942 when the first female guards were appointed…

Sir John Leslie, Ireland’s Oldest World War II Veteran Passed Away at 99

Sir John Leslie, one of Ireland’s oldest surviving World War II veterans, passed away at age 99. He was the owner of the famous Castle…

South Korea Returns Fallen Chinese Soldiers to China

In April, South Korea returned to China the remains of 36 Chinese soldiers killed in the Korean War for final burial in their homeland. The…

Giant sunken WWII Japanese submarine’s bell recovered from the sea

A bronze bell that used to be aboard a Leviathan Japanese submarine during World War II has been successfully recovered from its 70-year-long resting place…

The 100 Days – Napoleon Returns From Exile, Rallying an Army With His Words Alone

The ranks opened suddenly, and a figure stepped into view. He was taller than many of his enemies described him. Taller and leaner, the angles of…

Built To Last! Incredible Pictures of damaged B-24 Liberators That Made It Home

The B-24 Liberator was, together with the B-17, the workhorse of the United States Army Airforces who used it in every theater of operations. It…

New Book Claims: The Weird Sex Life of Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler, the famous dictator, aka the evilest man the world has ever seen has intrigued researchers and historians all over the world. The man…

All You Need To Know About The Best Tank Of WWII: The Panther

The Panther tank wasn’t a heavily-armored tank or massively armed like other tanks out there (such as the Tiger), but it was considered superior as…

In 1943 a British pilot made an emergency landing on the Italian island of Lampedusa, only to have it surrender to him

The official story is that in June 1943, as a precursor to the Allied invasion of Sicily, the island was secured without resistance by the Royal…

President John F Kennedy’s DC-3 Gift To Mobutu Found Back In Congo, SOS For The Scrapper

Chaotic Start of the Congo State. Until 1960, the Congo was under Belgian Colonial rule. On June 30 of that year, a huge new Central African…