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Adolf Eichmann, the Evil Architect of the Holocaust in WW2

Adolf Eichmann, one of the chief architects of the Holocaust, became an infamous figure after his heavily publicized trial and execution in Israel in 1962.…

In 1935, Mussolini Planned To Form A Foreign Legion To Which Even Jews Applied

It is almost completely unknown, but in the wake of the Second Italo-Abyssinian war, Mussolini was quite keen on making his own equivalent of the…

The Amazing SOE Operation To Kidnap General Heinrich Kreipe From Crete

The Special Operation Executive (SOE) in 1944, planned to conduct a daring mission in Crete. Their initial plan was to kidnap the German commander of…

Iconic Battlefields of WWII Then & Now

After just over 70 years, we look back at 11 iconic locations of the Second World War as they were then – and as they are…

Operation Drumbeat – U-Boat Happy Days On The USA East Coast

The United States of America took a huge blow at Pearl Harbor in 1941, which prompted them join the war alongside the British. Before that…

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.…

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…