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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…
- StoriesNovember 27, 2022
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.…
- StoriesNovember 22, 2022
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…
- StoriesNovember 11, 2022
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…
- StoriesOctober 31, 2022
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…
- StoriesOctober 13, 2022
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…
- StoriesOctober 2, 2022
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…
Werwolf: SS Stay-Behind Organization
The idea of creating some kind of behind the lines German resistance organization originated with Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler. The original concept was something akin to Otto Skorzeny’s commandos, highly trained and well-armed uniform formations rather than Nazi partisans. Heinrich Himmler taking target practice with a Luger P08 pistol Himmler chose…
World’s First ATV – The Kettenkrad
First developed in 1939 the Sd.Kfz. 2 known as the Kettenkraftrad was a light tracked vehicle, known for short as the Kettenkrad. It is clearly a very different-looking vehicle. Unlike many other tracked vehicles of its time like Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track, the Kettenkrad’s front steering ability utilized a single motorcycle…
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. Tactics without strategy is the noise before defeat.” The most brilliant commanders put both into practice to achieve devastating victories. This was as true in ancient China as it was…
British Commandos
Commandos are actually used by the British before Dunkirk. Looking into unconventional warfare for the Military Intelligence Research department, researchers were interested in a different type of soldier. By the spring of 1940, they have approval to recruit 10 new ‘guerrilla companies’ from other army units. British troops lined up…
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 headquarters in Reims, France. It meant the Second World War had come to an end, at least, in the European theater of war. But… the war didn’t end for a…
M3-M3A1 “Grease Gun”
In 1941, the US military began looking for an alternative for the Thompson submachine guns. In December of 1942, they adopted a new submachine gun, the M3. Built from an all-steel construction using mainly stamped parts, it fired from an open bolt and had simple controls. At first, soldiers were…
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 during the Second World War. These women were in many ways similar. They were both brilliant pilots, they had a very strong sense of honor and duty for their nation,…
SAS Raid on Sidi Haneish
By early 1942, the tide was starting to turn for the British in North Africa. As over 70% of supplies going to General Rommel’s Afrika Korps and his Italian allies were being sunk crossing the Mediterranean. As a result, the Germans employed more Luftwaffe aircraft to move supplies and these…
Simo Häyhä – The World’s Most Successful Sniper in History
The invading Soviet soldiers grew to be straight-up terrified of Häyhä. Having to patrol the blanched Finnish wilderness with the knowledge that Häyhä could be out there waiting dipping them with a spectacular long distant shot earned him the nickname Belaya Smert, which is Russian for White Death. However, Häyhä’s…
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…
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…
The Ghost Army Who Fooled the Germans
Created in early 1944 with the impending invasion of Europe in mind, a special unit was formed, officially called the 23rd Headquarters Special Troops and nicknamed the Ghost Army. It would become the first mobile multimedia tactical deception unit in the U.S. Army. This unique and top-secret unit used visual,…