List of Danish Nazis Made Available Online
In the years following the fall of communism in Eastern Europe in 1989, citizens of those countries were able to go through many of the…
In The Dark Shadows Of History – Nightmare At The Rapido
January 20-22, 1944 It was the dead of winter in January of 1944. In the space of 48 hours, the 36th Division would lose over…
“Sawn-Off Lockie” The Most Successful British Pilot During the Battle of Britain
Eric Stanley Lock might have been called “Sawn-Off Lockie” due to his rather petite stature, but he was more than just a short airman from…
Fuel Tanks Empty, He Engaged The German, Shot Him Down & Somehow He Managed To Get Back to Base
When, on a fateful night, Jack Adams saw an aircraft belonging to the enemy, he had no idea that his choice to go after it…
The Plan Called For 1000 Steamships, The War Ended & They Were Left to Rot
During World War I. When the United States joined the Entente in 1917, it needed soldiers and supplies in large numbers quickly. Though mustering men…
Lucky Escape for Scottish Fisherman Who Finds WWII Depth Charge in Net
Glenn Gallagher was fishing for prawns in his boat, The Two Boys, just days before Christmas 2018 when he felt something heavier than normal in…
Landed ‘Blind’: Shots Devastated the Hurricane’s Perspex Canopy, Throwing Splinters of Perspex Into His Eyes
His flying career reached its end just three years after he joined the Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF). But the events surrounding his fate, and…
Dreyse Needle-Gun: The Rifle That Won the Austro-Prussian War and Gave Birth to the German Nation
History runs its course, but, sometimes, there are things that push said course in a specific direction. There are examples from the past of how…
How German Intelligence Agents Managed To Unearth A Ton Of Information From POWs
Alexander Jefferson of the United States Army Air Forces was flying a P-51 Mustang over Toulouse, France, in August 1944. It was by no means…
Who was this notorious & mysterious SS general, he just vanished in May ’45
Hans Kammler was a very senior member of the SS with a history of involvement in war crimes. When World War II ended, Kammler disappeared,…
Bombardier’s Bracelet is Found in The Ash Pit of a Concentration Camp, 74 Years After he Was Executed
Many stories from the camps of World War II survive through objects that have endured long since the war. Those tales are as varied –…
Shot Down But Stayed in His Plane to Save Crashing On a Village
The Battle of Britain wasn’t a battle fought with soldiers in trenches or tanks. Instead, it consisted of repeated fighter plane engagements between the desperate…