Five Key Events Leading to the Surrender of Axis Forces in Tunisia During WWII
It takes serious planning and organization to carry out any major operations in a war zone effectively. For the Allied forces, the many operations and battles…
6 Assassination Attempts on Hitler
While Adolf Hitler garnered much approval in his early days of leadership, many Germans soon began to see the folly of keeping such a man…
The Only Combat Soldier To Be Awarded The Victoria Cross Twice
When you have thrown on your first Victoria Cross, you have entered an elite fraternity in the history of war that commands the respect of…
This Gigantic Submarine Factory Couldn’t Even Be Destroyed By The 22,000 lb Grand Slam Bomb
Erich Friedrich Michael Lackner is considered to be one of the most influential engineers of the last century. He developed a revolutionary type of concrete…
MUST SEE!! Dug Up On A WWII Battlefield – You Won’t Believe What They Found Inside
Russian volunteers who go out and metal detect on WWII battlefields. This is one of the cooler finds but they have found hundreds of weapons,…
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.…
Kasserine Pass 1943: Rommel’s Last Victory?
In late January and throughout February 1943, American troops had their first major engagements with German forces in World War II in Tunisia. It really…
20 Remarkable Facts About Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler, one of the worst dictators ever if not the worst in recorded human history, was responsible for 60 to 85 million deaths during…
This is Simply Amazing: The M1 Garand Firing in Slow Motion (Watch)
General George S. Patton, one of the most important Allied generals of World War II, called the M1 Garand Rifle ‘the greatest battle implement ever…
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…
30 Crazy WWII Facts You Probably Don’t Know
While the basics of WWII are widely known, there are more than a few fascinating facts that may have slipped past you – here are just…
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…