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How SS Commando Otto ‘Scarface’ Skorzeny Became an Assassin for Israel After WW2

Ian Harvey

German scientist Heinz Krug vanished on September 11, 1962. Krug was at his office, and then he was gone without ever returning home. The only…

Churchill Warrior – How a Military Life Guided Winston’s Finest Hours

War History online proudly presents this Guest Piece from Brian Lavery Garry Oldman has recently won a Golden Globe and just now been nominated for an…

Five Successful Missions of a Waffen SS Mastermind, Otto Skorzeny

Otto Skorzeny was one of Germany’s finest commandos. An engineer by profession, he tried to volunteer for the Luftwaffe (German Air Force), in the year…

Things You Must Know How Hitler Came to Power

Before he was the Fuhrer, he was a Gefreiter in the Imperial German Army, a rank equivalent to Lance Corporal. Before he was a nationalist,…

A Giant With A Volcanic Temper -The Only Man To Be Awarded The VC On D-Day

Jack Beckett

The Second World War revealed over the years the stories of many heroes who gave their lives for their country in acts of boundless courage.…

Series: Malta – The Greatest Siege in History Part 1

In the annals of warfare one reads of the clash of arms, the pitting of warrior against warrior, of tales of heroism, of endurance and…

Warhorses of Germany – The Myth of the Mechanised Blitzkrieg

By Paul Garson While many films have attempted to convey the experience of the Second World War European battlefield, none adequately portray the mayhem and suffering…

Some Of The Most Daring WWII Raids In Europe

Desperate times call for desperate measures, high risk commando and paratrooper mission were conceived and executed. Not all were successful but the skill and bravery…

P.1000 Ratte – Paper Tiger or Nazi Super Tank

As the beginning of the war swept over Europe, with lightening speed, Hitler felt invincible, at least for the first two years of the war.…

Erwin Rommel – Desert Fox – The Bold and the Brave

Ivano Massari

Erwin Rommel, the man who was to become one of the greatest and most honored of generals both by his enemies and his friend, was…

The Secret German Weather Station That Was Built on North American Soil and Discovered Over 30 Years Later

Members of the Canadian Coast Guard standing with the remnants of Weather Station Kurt

The Second World War proved to not only be a conflict of resources, territory and domination, but also one of information. All sides conducted intelligence…

Insanely Creepy Stories of The World Wars

Ian Harvey

Undoubtedly war is an ugly business, but at times war forces humans to cross the boundaries of humanity and come up with ideas that could put the…