Stories
- October 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…
Read More » - October 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…
Read More » - September 27, 2022
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…
Read More » - September 17, 2022
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…
Read More » - August 15, 2022
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…
Read More » - August 5, 2022
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…
Read More » - July 28, 2022
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…
Read More » - June 11, 2022
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…
Read More » - May 31, 2022
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…
Read More » - May 26, 2022
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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