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Top 5 American Tanks of World War 2
Before World War II, the United States Army thought the mission of the tank was to support infantry. The job…
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5 Most Brilliant High Commanders of World War 2
Sun Tzu, one of the world’s most legendary military strategists, wrote: "Strategy without tactics is the slowest route to victory.…
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The man who refused to salute Hitler
If you frequent the internet and especially websites such as Facebook, Twitter, or Reddit, you have undoubtedly seen the following…
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Nazi Germany’s Master Interrogator Hanns Scharff
Imagine that you’re in the middle of the Second World War and a Prisoner of War is brought to you.…
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Horrific Experiments of Unit 731
Unit 731 was the brainchild of the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. It was a biological and chemical…
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War Dogs of World War 2
Sicily, July 1943. American soldiers are pinned down by heavy fire from an Italian pillbox. Time to bring forward their…
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The Women Who Flew For Hitler
Hanna Reitsch and Melitta von Stauffenberg were the only two women to serve the Nazi Third Reich as test pilots…
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Operation Haudegen – The last German soldiers to surrender after World War 2
On the 7th of May 1945, German General Alfred Jodl signed the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany at the Allied…
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M3-M3A1 “Grease Gun”
In 1941, the US military began looking for an alternative for the Thompson submachine guns. In December of 1942, they…
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Virginia Hall – The most feared allied spy in World War 2
The most feared allied spy in World War 2 was a woman. She was an American named Virginia Hall who…
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Dietrich von Choltitz – General who refused to burn Paris to the ground
Hitler's Third Reich was rapidly crumbling before his very eyes; the vast empire that had once spanned from Tripoli to…
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Operation Tidal Wave – Blowing Up Hitler’s Gas Station
Before entering World War II, the U.S Army Air Corps, which in 1941 became the Army Air Forces, developed and…
German Bf-109 Spares a Heavily Damaged American B-17 Bomber
It’s December the 20th, 1943 and in the freezing air high above Germany, 2nd Lieutenant Charles “Charlie” Brown is at the controls of his B-17 F, Ye Olde Pub. Nearly the entire 8th Air Force’s Bomb Group are headed towards Bremen to take out the Focke-Wulf plant on the outskirts…
Operation Greif – Nazi in Disguise
Ardennes Counteroffensive Even though the Normandy landings in June of 1994 allowed the Allies to establish a foothold in Northern France, Belgium, and its immediate surroundings, the situation in the rest of Europe was still far from secure. Supply lines opened up through the channel at Normandy, but the further…
War Dogs of World War 2
Sicily, July 1943. American soldiers are pinned down by heavy fire from an Italian pillbox. Time to bring forward their top weapon. What will it be? A bazooka? A flamethrower? How about a Sherman tank? No. This weapon has four legs, sharp teeth, and answers to the name Chips.
MG 42 – Hitler’s Buzzsaw
The design of the MG 42 began in 1937 by Mauserwork to substitute the MG 34. Although it possessed a reasonable rate of fire, the MG 34 had several fundamental drawbacks such as sensitivity to extreme weather conditions, dirt, and mud, and the high-quality metal alloys resulted in skilled labor…
Focke-Wulf Fw 190 – The Butcher Bird
When the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 first saw combat in 1941, it was an instant success and inflicted heavy casualties upon its opponents, particularly RAF Spitfires. During a career that lasted for a period of four years, the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 served in every German theater of war from the cold…
Stopping the Nazi Atomic Bomb
The Plan Due to its relative inaccessibility, means of infiltrating the plant were limited and dangerous. The bridge across the valley below the plant was heavily guarded and the mountains above had been rigged with landmines. Bombing the plant was out of the question, both due to risk of civilian…
