They Shot Each Other Down Then Depended On Each Other For Survival In The Norwegian Wilderness
Into the White was a 2012 Norwegian film loosely based on real events from World War II’s Norwegian Campaign, when the Allies tried to keep the…
Top 7 Facts About Michael Wittmann, the Biggest Panzer Ace in WWII
Between the myth and reality lies a figure of great importance in the history of armored warfare. Michael Wittmann, the most successful panzer ace of…
45 Surprising & Weird WWII Facts They Do Not Teach You At School!
We’ve all seen the HBO series Band of Brothers, and the classic Saving Private Ryan but there is more to WWII than what Hollywood shows…
The History of Eden Camp – Now A Modern History Theme Museum
In early 1942, a small contingent of Army personnel, under the command of a Sergeant, arrived at Malton, midway between York and Scarborough in North…
Flying Tigers – P-40 Tomahawk – Amazing Color Pictures From WWII
When people think of America’s involvement in WWII, they remember the conflict in Europe, North Africa, and the Pacific, but they also fought the Japanese…
U-571: Fiction To The Point of Insult?
For fans of 20th-century war-action maritime films, the 2000 picture U-571 should be a good time. Make some popcorn, go ahead. It even won an…
This Revisionist Neo-Nazi Lobby Shaped the Image of Waffen-SS After the War
From the end of the Second World War to this day, the way the public perceives the role of the infamous Waffen-SS, the armed wing…
Kursk – The Biggest Tank Battle Ever (Pictures)
The Battle of Kursk was a World War II engagement between German and Soviet forces on the Eastern Front near Kursk in the Soviet Union…
10 Myths about the Nazis
Many myths have grown up around the infamous Nazi Party which led Germany into war, and plunged the world into global conflict. Some of these…
The Horror Of Auschwitz – Looking Closely, We Can Find Stories Which We Have Not Heard Before
Auschwitz today is synonymous with the Holocaust; it has become an overarching symbol of the atrocities committed by the Nazi regime during the Second World…
Massacre in Oradour-sur-Glane: The Day The SS Wiped Out An Entire French Village
On December 9, 2014, a German court in Cologne dropped the multiple charges of murder and accessory to murder against an 88-year-old man named Werner…
7 Funny Tanks That Helped Win D-Day
The landings in Normandy demanded new sorts of hybrid tanks that were capable of fulfilling engineer tasks in order to provide maximum support to the…