Why Germans Were Puzzled That US Big Red One Knew To Blow Through Walls Before Entering Aachen. nu
Why Germans Were Puzzled That US Big Red One Knew To Blow Through Walls Before Entering Aachen October 13, 1944, 0930 hours. A narrow street in the eastern quarter of Aachen, Germany. Oberst Gerhard Wilck, the newly installed garrison commander…
Hitler Chose Fog to Stop America — The Fog Activated the One Weapon He Never Found. nu
Hitler Chose Fog to Stop America — The Fog Activated the One Weapon He Never Found December 15th, 1944. Fure headquarters, Ba Nauheim, Germany. The Reich Federadines weather officer presents his forecast to the assembled staff. Low cloud ceiling, 300…
German Pilot Tested Stolen American P-38 Lightning… His Words Stunned. nu
German Pilot Tested Stolen American P-38 Lightning… His Words Stunned On September 19th, 1943, at a lakeside airfield in Meckllinburgg that appeared on no public map, a row of aircraft sat in the morning light that should not have been…
Soviet Generals Stunned —When 9 US Tanks Erased 28 Iraqi Tanks in 23 Minutes. nu
Soviet Generals Stunned —When 9 US Tanks Erased 28 Iraqi Tanks in 23 Minutes February 26th, 1991, 4:22 p.m. Iraqi desert. A tank shell screams through the air at 1,700 m/s and detonates inside a T72’s ammunition carousel. The turret…
“We Cannot Beat Them” — The German Admission That Australia Had Already Won the Western Front. nu
“We Cannot Beat Them” — The German Admission That Australia Had Already Won the Western Front On the morning of the 9th of August, 1918, Erich Ludendorff walked into the presence of Kaiser Wilhelm the Second went and said the…
WWII Shock Story: German Women POWs React to the Freedom of American Women | It Felt Impossible. nu
WWII Shock Story: German Women POWs React to the Freedom of American Women | It Felt Impossible May 17th, 1945. A gray, windy afternoon at New York Harbor. A ship groaned under the weight of women in drab uniforms, hair…
What Patton’s Men Did When the Arrogant Camp Commander Demanded a Salute. nu
What Patton’s Men Did When the Arrogant Camp Commander Demanded a Salute April 1945 The American war machine is tearing through the heart of the German homeland. General George S. Patton’s legendary Third Army is advancing faster than the maps…
The 3-Minute System That Terrified Germany. nu
The 3-Minute System That Terrified Germany Late 1944, in the ruins of Normandy, a German intelligence officer examines a captured American device. It’s a heavy green metal box with a telephone handset and a long whip-like antenna. His initial assessment…
What Patton Did When Germans Chained Children to a Bridge. nu
What Patton Did When Germans Chained Children to a Bridge February 1945 a massive steel bridge spans the frozen Sauer River near Eckernack on the border between Luxembourg and Germany black water rushes beneath icy girders while heavy German supply…
German POW Women Thought Coca-Cola Was Medicine — Then They Took Their First Sip. nu
German POW Women Thought Coca-Cola Was Medicine — Then They Took Their First Sip December 3rd, 1944. The mess hall at Camp Sherman, Ohio, fell into an unusual silence as Sergeant Vernon Hughes wheeled in a metal cart laden with…