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
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
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
[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.…
WWII Butcher of Plaszow’s grand-daughter comes to terms with her heritage
Born in 1970, Jennifer Teege, was sent to an orphanage and has since then known little about her real parents or family. While Jennifer had…