What Patton Did When a German Major Refused to Surrender_NU
What Patton Did When a German Major Refused to Surrender March 28th, 1945 was supposed to feel like the end. The German army was collapsing in plain sight. American armor was driving deep into Bavaria with the momentum…
He Flew to Scotland to End a War, Lived 21 Years Alone in Spandau, and Died at 93 by an ‘Official’ Hanging—Then They Demolished the Garden House in 48 Hours, Leaving History to Guess._NU Flew to Scotland to End a War, Lived 21 Years Alone in Spandau, and Died at 93 by an ‘Official’ Hanging—Then They Demolished the Garden House in 48 Hours, Leaving History to Guess._NU
In August 1987, a 93-year-old man with severe arthritis was found dead in a small garden summerhouse at Spandau Prison in West Berlin. The official statement issued by the Allied authorities who administered the prison said Rudolf Hess had died…
What the German Major Said When He Asked the Americans for Help_NU
What the German Major Said When He Asked the Americans for Help May 5th, 1945. Austria. The war in Europe had less than three days left, but up in the Tolian Alps, time didn’t feel like it was ending—it…
What Patton Did When a British General Tried to Take His Bridge_NU
The river looked almost peaceful. From the high bluff where the observation post had been scraped out of the mud, the Rhine spread out in a wide, gray sweep under the March sky, the current sliding past in long, muscular…
Why Montgomery’s Speech After 89,000 American Casualties Nearly Broke Eisenhower’s Command_NU
They were still burying the dead when Bernard Montgomery decided it was time to talk. Snow lay heavy on the fields of Belgium on the morning of January 7th, 1945. It softened the ruins, blurred the edges of shell holes,…
They Sent 40 ‘Criminals’ to Fight 30,000 Japanese — What Happened Next Created Navy SEALs_NU
They Sent 40 ‘Criminals’ to Fight 30,000 Japanese — What Happened Next Created Navy SEALs At 8:44 a.m. on June 15th, 1944, the Pacific looked like it was boiling. First Lieutenant Frank Tachsky crouched low in a Higgins boat about 300 yards off Saipan’s southern…
Auschwitz’s “Angel of Death”: Josef Mengele and the Weaponization of Medicine_NU
Auschwitz’s “Angel of Death”: Josef Mengele and the Weaponization of Medicine On the railway ramp at Auschwitz-Birkenau, death could be delivered with the smallest gesture. A hand moved left, and a family disappeared into the machinery of murder. A hand…
“Bathe in My Private Bathroom” — What Japanese Women POWs Saw When They Entered the Officer Chamber_NU
“Bathe in My Private Bathroom” — What Japanese Women POWs Saw When They Entered the Officer Chamber It was a quiet morning when Kazumi, along with 22 other women, was summoned to Major Harold Bennett’s quarters. Major Bennett, a commanding…
Revenge after liberation – What happened to the German SS soldiers when the concentration camps fell?_NU
Revenge after liberation – What happened to the German SS soldiers when the concentration camps fell? The final days of World War II marked the collapse of the Nazi regime. With Berlin burning and the Third Reich crumbling under the…
Why Patton Couldn’t Control America’s Most Dangerous Division Commander — Terry Allen’s Rebellion_NU
Why Patton Couldn’t Control America’s Most Dangerous Division Commander — Terry Allen’s Rebellion During the height of World War II, as the Allied forces were battling through Europe, there was one man whose audacity and disregard for military protocol shook…