Facts And Pictures: Bloody Battle For The Bridge Over The Rhine At Remagen In WW2, March 1945
On 7 March 1945, Allied troops captured the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen. This surprise success allowed thousands of troops to cross the River Rhine and…
Amazing WWII Color Pictures – Flying Tigers! P-40 Tomahawk!
If you are asked to think of World War II fighters you might very well imagine planes with sharp noses and shark’s faces. You might…
Disturbing Memories of World War Two – An American Veteran Remembers the Execution of Nazis
One second they were there, the next they were gone. Such is the memory of World War II veteran Herbert McClure, who while waiting for…
Defying and Outwitting The Nazis in WW2: A Very Sharp Pair of Heroes
There are so many unsung WWII heroes and heroines of whom we never hear, so it is fortunate for us that a high school student,…
The Soviet Pilot Who Stole a MiG, Downed It In Japan, and Demanded to Join the Japanese
On September 6, 1976, a Soviet military jet landed at the airfield in Hakodate, Japan. The runway wasn’t long enough, so the jet actually plowed…
Hitler’s Island Beach Resort in Germany Opens for Vacationers
The island of Rügen, Germany, has a three-mile-beach resort that was built by Adolf Hitler. Part of that resort is now a luxury holiday destination.…
Airmen Pitch In To Help Restore Historic WW2 Bunker and Repaint Sherman Tank
Men from the USAF 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron based at Spangdahlem Air Base have been helping to restore portions of a WWII bunker at Fort Aubin…
Hitler’s “Wolf’s Lair” As It Is Today – The Military Headquarters for the Eastern Front (Pictures & Video)
The Wolf’s Lair, or the in German Wolfsschanze, was one of many Fuhrer’s Headquarters located near the Eastern Front. Adolf Hitler did not want to repeat…
Notorious Nazi Julius Streicher – The Evil Voice Of Anti-Semitism
The notorious Nazi Party member, Julius Streicher, wasn’t part of the military nor did he participate in the planning of the Holocaust. Nevertheless, on the…
Camp X – The Allies’ Secret Training School for World War II Spies and Elite Agents
On the shores of Lake Ontario between Whitby and Oshawa is an area now known as Intrepid Park. Very little of what remains today hints at…
Unique! Flying a Drone Over A Massive German FLAK Bunker From WW2
Following the raid on Berlin by the Royal Air Force in 1940, the construction of 3 huge flak towers was ordered by Adolf Hitler. These…
Even The Germans Suggested The VC: Irish Guard Who Held off the Enemy Single Handed for 20 Minutes
A nation can desire for a war to be over all they want, but the inevitable fact of war is that the enemy always gets…