Jakob Nacken, the tallest German soldier of Second World War, 1944
This post was originally published on this siteOn one side towered a 7ft 3in (2.21m) German man mountain who quit his job with an American […]
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Interned German sailors in North Carolina, 1917
This post was originally published on this siteOnce the United States abandoned neutrality and declared war on Germany in April 1917, thousands of German commercial […]
The raids and brutal reprisals of World War Two, 1942
This post was originally published on this siteThe events of 1942 were crucial in the way that World War Two played out. The first Americans […]
A concentration camp victim identifies a SS guard, 1945
This post was originally published on this siteThe picture depicts a liberated Russian inmate pointing an identifying and accusing finger at a Nazi guard who […]
Yang Kyoungjong, the only known soldier to have fought on three sides of a war, 1944
This post was originally published on this siteHe was Korean – captured by the Japanese and pressed to fight the Soviets, captured by the Soviets […]