Was geschah nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg mit den riesigen U-Boot-Bunkern Nazideutschlands, die 1000 Bombenangriffe überstehen sollten? .H
Was geschah nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg mit den riesigen U-Boot-Bunkern Nazideutschlands, die so gebaut worden waren, dass sie 1000 Bombenangriffe überstehen konnten? 8. Mai 1945. Die Hafenstadt Lauron in Frankreich verstummt zum ersten Mal seit fünf Jahren. Der letzte deutsche…
Why the U.S. Military Hesitated to Deploy Patton’s Apache Battalion in WWII .H
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…
Touch It And Die” — The Australian SAS Warning US Troops Ignored .H
“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 no sense. If you see an Australian soldiers rucks sack lying…
Why Chinese Commanders REFUSED to Attack Australian Troops in Korea.H
Why Chinese Commanders REFUSED to Attack Australian Troops in Korea Chinese forces had just crushed American divisions with 300,000 troops, sending the entire United Nations army into full retreat with over 11,000 casualties in just one week. But when…
German Women POWs in Canada Froze When a Canadian Soldier Called One of Them “Meine Liebe.H
men stood inside a concrete bunker with their hands raised high above their heads. Their gray vermached auxiliary uniforms were dusty and wrinkled. Outside they could hear Canadian soldiers shouting in English. The women looked at each other with wide,…
The Greatest Native Sniper to Ever Fight in World War II .H
The Greatest Native Sniper to Ever Fight in World War II The war was over, but the silence hadn’t ended. It was 1978 when war correspondent Daniel Mercer found the folder. He was deep in the Canadian archives researching a…
Look At Those Canadian Idiots” — The Mistake That Haunted America Since D-Day .H
“Look At Those Canadian Idiots” — The Mistake That Haunted America Since D-Day June 6th, 1944, Juno Beach, Normandy, France. The sun barely broke through thick gray clouds as Lieutenant Colonel James Miller stood on the deck of a command…
How One Apache Tracker’s ‘STUPID’ Dirt Tasting Trick Found 31 Hidden German Bunkers.H
How One Apache Tracker’s ‘STUPID’ Dirt Tasting Trick Found 31 Hidden German Bunkers North Africa, May 1943. The sun beat down on a landscape of sand and rock where Staff Sergeant Thomas Beay of the United States Army crouched low,…
What Churchill Told Montgomery After His “I Saved Them” Press Conference.H
Military history books What Churchill Told Montgomery After His “I Saved Them” Press Conference January 7th, 1945. A freezing conference room somewhere behind Allied lines in Belgium. Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery steps up to the microphone, looks straight at the…
Westfront 1916 – Ein Blick in den Albtraum: Deutscher Schützengraben nach dem Gasangriff.H
Die Westfront im Ersten Weltkrieg – ein Ort, der heute sinnbildlich für die Grausamkeit, Ausweglosigkeit und Unmenschlichkeit des modernen Krieges steht. Dieses seltene Foto zeigt einen deutschen Schützengraben, vermutlich unmittelbar nach einem Gasangriff. Die Landschaft ist karg, die Luft scheint…