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6 Decisive Battles of World War Two you may not have heard of!

little known battles

During World War Two, there were so many battles and small confrontations that took place between the Allies and the Axis countries. Only those which…

AMAZING: Captain Charles Upham remains the only combatant soldier to have received the Victoria Cross & Bar. Personally responsible for destroying a German tank and several guns and vehicles with hand grenade

When you have thrown on your first Victoria Cross, you have entered an elite fraternity in the history of war that commands the respect of…

The Color of Fire: Personal Documentary of a Son of a Nazi Soldier

Through a Kickstarter campaign, Dorian Warneck puts his father’s past life to life in the film The Color of Fire — his story as a soldier under…

The photographs Hitler wanted to ban from the world – Reproduced in a new book

propaganda book

Adolf Hitler certainly did not like all of the photographs that were taken of him. So much so that if he thought a photograph was…

The search for the Messerschmit Me-109 of Lt. H-U. Jung – By Joop Hendrix – Planehunters Recovery Team

There is a lot of information about this particular crash of Me-109G-14, work number: 464162 from 10./JG3 based at Lippspringe Germany at 1-1-1945. The aircraft was…

Goebbels’ descendents sue for war-time diary royalties

Goebbels

A biography detailing the life of Nazi party leader Joseph Goebbels is now under scrutiny by his family, who are looking to sue the publisher…

Why Bergen-Belsen’s 1945 liberation is ingrained in British memory

Bergen-Belsen

[Via] Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was the only camp to be liberated by British troops towards the end of World War Two. After 70 years since…

Men are more likely to kill Hitler than women

In recent years researchers have been undertaking more and more studies about the decisions humans make when it comes to moral dilemmas. Most studies show…

Coco Chanel, a Nazi spy: The role the famous designer had in WWII

Image Courtesy of: ibnlive.in Coco Chanel remained in history as one of the most inspiring fashion designers of all time and as the first person who…

Top Ten Military Disasters in War History

Here’s the War History Online take on the top ten military disasters that occurred throughout war history. For every win, there’s a loss. The same…

WWII Miracles: Two Airmen SAVED By One Parachute

Do you believe in miracles? The true-to-life and documented story of WWII Australian pilot Joseph B. Herman might make a believer out of you. Night…

Brazil’s World War Two rubber workers demand compensation

A World War Two shortage of rubber ensured that thousands of Brazilian workmen were forced to undertake dangerous rubber extraction from the Brazilian Amazon forest.…