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Kurt Knispel – The Ace of Panzer Aces
Kurt Knispel is according to the books, the best tank ace with the most so-called kills, yet he is also…
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The Heroic Stand of Audie Murphy at Holtzwihr
It’s January 26th, 1945. Just after 2:00 PM. The newly appointed company commander, Audie Murphy, and more than three dozen…
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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…
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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…
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The Soviet Cook Who Captured a German Tank with an Ax
It’s the 2nd of July 1941. At a field kitchen in a forest near Dünaburg, Latvia. Ivan Pavlovich Sereda calmly…
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Battle of Lanzerath Ridge – 18-man I&R platoon vs. 500 German paratroopers
On December 16 of 1944, 18 American soldiers from a reconnaissance platoon faced off against a German advance, outnumbered 27-to-one…
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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…
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Fall of Tobruk 1942
In June of 1942, the German forces under the command of General Erwin Rommel were on the run from the…
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Operation Vengeance – Killing Admiral Yamamoto
Isoroku Yamamoto Isoroku Yamamoto was one of the most notable leaders of the Japanese Empire, and he is credited with…
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Battle of Kursk – The Largest Tank Battle of World War 2
Preparing the Offensive The Fuhrer and the military command believed that during the first months of Operation Barbarossa, the city…
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The KV-2 that single-handedly held up the entire 6th Panzer Division for a day
The Eastern Blitzkrieg After the annexation of Austria, Czechoslovakia, and ultimately Poland, the United Kingdom and France decided to go…
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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…
Kurt Knispel – The Ace of Panzer Aces
Kurt Knispel is according to the books, the best tank ace with the most so-called kills, yet he is also the most forgotten Panzer Ace of them all. In this article, we will take a closer look at the actions of this forgotten yet incredible Panzer Ace. What is astonishing…
Rommel’s Kampfstaffel
Erwin Rommel was rightly called the “Desert Fox” for his brilliant handling of the German Afrika Korps for the series of seesaw battles against British Commonwealth forces in the Western Desert in North Africa. Erwin Rommel, Fritz Bayerlein, and other German and Italian officers in North Africa, 22 June 1942…
SuperKiwi Charles Upham
New Zealand-born Charles Upham was and still remains the only combatant to receive two Victoria Crosses. During World War II while the nazis swept across Europe and Africa, Upham would enlist with the New Zealand Army and set sail in early 1941. In March 1941, second lieutenant Upham found himself…
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 of fighting other tanks was assigned to the tank-destroyer class of vehicles. These vehicles were fast and had powerful guns but sacrificed a lot of armor to achieve such a…
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…
Famous Soviet Sniper Who Killed 309 Nazis in World War II: Lyudmila Pavlichenko
“I am writing this at the request of the Soviet Antifascist Youth Committee… I’m Ukrainian. I was born in the town of Bila Tserkva, not far from Kyiv, 26 years ago. I am a most ordinary-looking girl, medium height, and dark brown hair, which I used to wear long. I…
