When the former commander Treblinka, Kurt Franz, was arrested in 1959, a search of his home yielded a scrapbook with horrific photos of the massacre titled “Beautiful Years”
Kurt Hubert Franz (born on 17 January 1914 — died on 4 July 1998) was an officer of the SS and one of many commanders…
WWII Jeep in a Crate for $50 – fact or a tall story
A young man reading one of the magazines like Boy’s Life or Popular Science in the 40s or 50s might have come across an exciting…
Crazy WW2 Conspiracy Theories: Hitler Survived and Went Treasure Hunting In Brazil
It is 1945, and the end of WWII is near. Adolf Hitler is in his bunker alongside his wife, Eva Braun, on April 30th, 1945.…
Crazy French Count Blew Up German Factory With Baguettes Filled With Explosives
In 1938, 15-year-old Count Robert Jean-Marie de La Rochefoucauld went to pay Hitler a visit in Bavaria. The German Chancellor gave Rochefoucauld a friendly pat…
This Crazy Soviet Pilot Flew a MiG 17 Under A Bridge
In 1965 an incredible stunt was pulled by a Soviet pilot named Valentin Privalov, who managed to fly his MiG 17 jet fighter under a…
The enemy have us surrounded”, “they won’t get away this time”. Chesty Puller, American hero
“Chesty” Puller is the most decorated Marine in United States history. Heroic service in Haiti, Nicaragua, the Second World War, and the Korean War earned…
Cool footage: Out of fuel Pilot Landed on a Container Ship – The Ship Claimed the Plane Under Salvage Rights
An unusual incident involving a container ship and an aircraft from a nearby aircraft carrier occurred in June 1983, when NATO countries were staging an…
We Ask If Anyone Was Really Neutral During WWII – The Story of Switzerland, Portugal and Sweden
The most destructive conflict in modern history certainly did not leave anyone unaffected. However, some countries – Switzerland, Portugal, Sweden, and Spain – were never…
An English Pointer Named Judy Rescued British POWs from a Sinking Ship, Fought a Crocodile & Earned Three Medals
When the city of Singapore was under Japanese siege in 1942, the ships anchored in the harbor received orders to retreat and regroup in Allied…
Winston Churchill was such a Passionate Smoker, he asked that his Oxygen Mask for high altitude flights be customized to fit a cigar
In 1895, young Winston Churchill, who was then a mere second lieutenant in the Royal Hussars, visited Cuba as an observer of the conflict between…
The First Indian to Receive a Victoria Cross
Despite the term WWI, the images most people have of that conflict are not of the world but Europeans fighting each other. It is therefore…
How 230 American Soldiers Walked Through Enemy Lines to Safety
On February 15, 1943, 230 American soldiers achieved a remarkable escape. Trapped behind German forces during fierce fighting in North Africa, they walked through the…