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December 15, 2022Top 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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December 9, 20225 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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December 3, 2022The 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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November 27, 2022Nazi 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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November 22, 2022Horrific 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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November 18, 2022War 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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November 11, 2022The 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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November 5, 2022Operation 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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October 31, 2022M3-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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October 23, 2022Virginia 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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October 13, 2022Dietrich 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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October 2, 2022Operation 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…
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…
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 perfected a particular attack method. It consisted of high-altitude, daylight mass precision bombings of enemy military and industrial structures. This doctrine combined with the British Royal Air Force’s specialty on…
The Goebbels Family – The Story of Hans Goebbels
The story of Dr. Goebbels’ brother Hans is the story of Nazi nepotism. Relatives of the Nazi party leadership, rose to positions of great power and influence on the coattails of their more famous siblings, and many like Hans Goebbels ended up paying the price for that association at the…
Battle of Peleliu – Bitterest Fight for the Marines in World War 2
When US forces approached the tiny island of Peleliu inside the Japanese National Defense Zone in late-1944, the Imperial Japanese high command was determined to defend the small landmass at any cost. By then, the Empire was strictly on the defensive, as their forces had suffered blow after blow while…
Léo Major – The Sole Savior of Zwolle
It’s the night of April 13, 1945, in Zwolle in the Netherlands. Canadian soldiers from the Régiment de la Chaudière cautiously approach the city under the cover of darkness. Crouching low beside the road, the commanding officer asks for two volunteers. For those who dare to step forward, the mission…
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.











