German Generals Called British Soldiers “The Only Enemy We Respected” — Here’s Why_NU
German Generals Called British Soldiers “The Only Enemy We Respected” — Here’s Why German Generals Called British Soldiers “The Only Enemy We Respected” — Here’s Why Normandy, June 1944. A German Panza officer writes in his combat diary, “The Americans…
When Himmler Realized His Crimes Were Exposed_NU
When Himmler Realized His Crimes Were Exposed When Himmler Realized His Crimes Were Exposed The spring of 1945 brought no renewal to Hinrich Himmler. While nature burst forth with life across the German countryside, the Reich’s Furer SS found himself…
What Eisenhower Said When Patton Captured 100,000 Germans While Montgomery Was Counting Bullets_NU
What Eisenhower Said When Patton Captured 100,000 Germans While Montgomery Was Counting Bullets What Eisenhower Said When Patton Captured 100,000 Germans While Montgomery Was Counting Bullets Late March 1945, the Allied advance into Germany is slowing. At Supreme Headquarters,…
The Garbage Gun: They laughed at his cheap, mail-order rifle, until he used it to silence 11 snipers in 4 days. NU
The Garbage Gun: They laughed at his cheap, mail-order rifle, until he used it to silence 11 snipers in 4 days The humid, salt-thickened air of Guadalcanal in January 1943 was a soup of black mold and stagnant rot. Deep…
“Touch It And Die” — The Australian SAS Warning US Troops Ignored_NU
“Touch It And Die” — The Australian SAS Warning US Troops Ignored “Touch It And Die” — The Australian SAS Warning US Troops Ignored Uh, Newi.Base 1967. There was one standing order given to every American Marine that made absolutely…
Why the U.S. Military Hesitated to Deploy Patton’s Apache Battalion in WWII_NU
Why the U.S. Military Hesitated to Deploy Patton’s Apache Battalion in WWII The screening shells had barely stopped when the German officer realized something was terribly wrong. His fortified position on the Sicilian coast should have held for days, maybe…
German Women POWs Starving for 6 Days—The Surprising Moment Cowboys Offered Them a Feast. VD
German Women POWs Starving for 6 Days—The Surprising Moment Cowboys Offered Them a Feast Shadows of Hope July 14, 1944, Norfolk, Virginia. As the ship carrying 300 German women prisoners of war made its way toward the American shore, the…
America Copied Britain’s Nissen Hut — But Missed the One Thing That Made It Great_NU
America Copied Britain’s Nissen Hut — But Missed the One Thing That Made It Great In the archives of military engineering, few designs were as brilliant or as misunderstood as the Nissen Hut. Conceived in the mud and chaos of…
German Soldiers Waved a White Flag to Trick the Apache Scout—Seconds Later, Their Surrender Blew Up_NU
German Soldiers Waved a White Flag to Trick the Apache Scout—Seconds Later, Their Surrender Blew Up April 1945, the Third Reich was dying, but it refused to die quietly. In the forests of southern Germany, American soldiers pushed forward through…
German Pilots Laughed At The P-51 Mustang, Until It Hunted Their Bombers All The Way Home_NU
German Pilots Laughed At The P-51 Mustang, Until It Hunted Their Bombers All The Way Home March 7th, 1944, 12,000 ft above Brandenburg, Oberloitant Wilhelm Huffman of Yagashwatter, 11 spotted the incoming bomber stream. 400 B7s stretched across the horizon…