Tough Reading – A Nightmarish Place: The Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp
The Mauthausen-Gusen Concentration Camp lies just North of Linz, in Austria. It was one of the first large concentration camps created in Nazi Germany and…
Genocide And War Crimes – The Worst Japanese Massacres of WWII
The Japanese Army during World War II committed many crimes against humanity that were ordered by the government and high command. In the Japanese equivalent…
The Six Men Who Were Behind the July 20th Plot to Assassinate Hitler
The July 20th Plot to assassinate Hitler in his Eastern Prussian Headquarters, called the Wolf’s Lair, was probably the closest anyone got to really killing…
After The Normandy Invasions Came The Long And Bloody Fight For France
The landings in Normandy were a major shock for the Allies even though Operation Overlord, which was the code name for the invasion, was thoroughly…
Heinz Guderian, The Father Of The Blitzkrieg – The Officer Who Defied Hitler
The military genius of Heinz Guderian remains admirable even today, for it was his tactics that brought Germany its swift victory over Europe in the…
Sergeant “Smokey” Smith VC: “I Don’t Take Prisoners, I’m Paid to Kill Them”
If you ask any combat infantryman, you will hear that there are men who make their life easy in garrison and men who make their…
The True Story of Two American Fighters Who Took on the Japanese Attack at Pearl Harbor – Hungover
The nuances of military history are often lost to the passage of time and with the men who could give first-hand accounts. As much as…
The Amazing Story Of James Crotty, Who Single Handedly Won The Coast Guard A Battle Streamer
Battle Streamers are awarded to a military branch, or unit, for their participation in an important battle or campaign. They are usually earned by large…
A U-Boat captain and a US Coast Guard Cutter’s captain meet at the end of WWII
War is full of brief encounters. A sudden glimpse of the face of an enemy; the brief sighting of an enemy submarine; or seeing a wounded…
Nazi Death Camp Guard brought to trial for crimes committed at Lublin-Majdanek
In an effort to right some of the wrongs done during the Holocaust German prosecutors have been working around the clock to try and bring…
“WW2’s Great Escapes: The Freedom Trails” – A new television series showcasing 4 daring escapes during WWII
Channel 4, the British public service television station, has created a new series showcasing four of the most amazing escapes undertaken by British prisoners of…
Irma Grese – The Blonde Beast of Birkenau and the Most Sadistic Woman in Nazi Germany
The atrocities committed by the Schutzstaffel, or SS guards, at Nazi death camps are well documented. Men like Josef Vogel, Gottfried Weise and Herman Wagner,…