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101st Airborne – Bastogne in WW2 – The Belt That Saved A Life (Watch)

Reg Jans

Battlefield guide Reg Jans tells the story about two paratroopers of the 3rd Battalion 506th who went looking for food outside their lines. A mortar…

The Battle for Normandy – Amazing Images from the Battlefields

In 1944 the Allies began to plan an invasion of France, then occupied by Nazi Germany. Germany was losing on the Italian and the Russian…

Where Patton Awarded McAuliffe: The 101st Airborne HQ Chateau in Bastogne Revisited

In this Dakota Hunter Blog, you will read about an insane plan that the Germans deployed in a final effort to break the imminent Allied…

The Invasion of Crete: The Great Paratroop Invasion Which Was So Costly For The Germans That It Became Their Last

The age of the paratrooper arrived with the Second World War. For a brief yet significant period until the rise of the transport helicopter, paratroopers…

James Bond Author Ian Fleming’s Service in the British Intelligence During WWII

Ian Fleming, the author of the cult spy novel franchise centering around an MI-6 agent, James Bond, code named 007, had a history of intelligence…

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.…

Planes, Tanks and Armored Cars – World War Two Wrecks in the Desert

Check it out! From Sherman tanks to armored cars and even a plane, this video shows us photos of abandoned world war 2 wrecks in…

In WW2, Peter Rupp Saved 14 American Soldiers from Certain Death at the Hands of the Nazis

Reg Jans

Twenty-four hours after the start of the Battle of the Bulge, a horrific chain of events began to unfold in the tiny Belgian town of…

Le Paradis – Where the SS Murdered 97 British Prisoners on May 27th 1940

In 1940, members of the British military were slaughtered – after they had surrendered to German forces. Two survived, but no one believed their story.…

John Baskeyfield VC: A Mighty Hero of the WW2 Battle of Arnhem

As a civilian, John Baskeyfield spent his time as a butcher, but during the Battle of Arnhem, he turned his skills to a different type…

The Real Pacific – 5th Marines Combat Footage Of Peleliu, the Bitterest Battle of the War (Watch)

The Battle of Peleliu began on 16 September 1944 and lasted until 27 November of that same year. United States Marines of the First Marine…

Nancy Wake, in WWII – Freedom Fighter, Allied Agent and The Gestapo’s Most Wanted

The books and moments of history are filled with memorable names, courageous figures, and moments of sheer ingenuity. Yet not all names are as well…