How Nakam And Abba Kovner Tried To Kill 6 Million Germans After WWII
This post was originally published on this siteLed by Abba Kovner, the Nakam group of Jewish vigilantes hatched an audacious plan to kill 6 million […]
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How The Philadelphia Experiment Became Famous Despite Never Happening
This post was originally published on this siteThe Philadelphia experiment on the USS Eldridge remains one of the most famous governmental experiments to date. The […]
How Hitler Took Inspiration From Native American Extermination To Forge His Final Solution
This post was originally published on this siteMany social scientists and historians point to Social Darwinism as a foundation for Hitler’s bigotry. Wikimedia CommonsAdolf Hitler […]
Why The Allies Thought Hitler Might’ve Escaped To Argentina
This post was originally published on this siteThough the official story is that Hitler killed himself in his bunker in 1945, conspiracy theories have arisen […]
How Navajo Code Talkers Helped Win World War II
This post was originally published on this siteTo this day, the Navajo code talkers’ language remains the only unbreakable code ever used by the Marine […]
Dramatic Footage Of Kamikaze Pilots In Action [VIDEO]
This post was originally published on this siteInsane footage from the Battle of Okinawa shows just how reckless and terrifying kamikaze pilots were. [embedded content] […]
Meet Miep Gies — The Woman Who Hid Anne Frank And Gave Her Diary To The World
This post was originally published on this siteMiep Gies hid the Frank family for years, helped them survive, and even saved Anne Frank’s diary from […]
17 Photos That Show How Excruciating The Bataan Death March Really Was
This post was originally published on this siteBataan Death March prisoners were forced to march as they were beaten and stabbed and random, then shot […]
Hitler Death Conspiracy Theories: The Good, The Bad, And The Crazy
This post was originally published on this siteWhat really happened to the Führer? These Hitler death conspiracy theories, from the plausible to the outlandish, claim […]
Inside Sealand, Perhaps The Smallest Country In The World
This post was originally published on this siteFrom its origins to the present day, discover the strange story of Sealand, believed by some to be […]
12 Celebrities Who Put Their Country Before Their Careers During WWII
This post was originally published on this site 1 of 13 Clark Gable Rhett Butler’s last line in Gone with the Wind may have been, […]
Elizebeth Friedman — The WWII Codebreaker Who Took Down Gangsters And Nazi Spies
This post was originally published on this siteBetween 1926 and 1930, Elizebeth Friedman decoded 20,000 messages per year in hundreds of different code systems. Even […]
Meet Maximilian Kolbe, The Nazi-Fighting Monk Who Switched Places With A Condemned Man
This post was originally published on this siteWhen the Auschwitz guards condemned a man to die, Maximilian Kolbe took the man’s place and sacrificed his […]
A Nazi Submarine Once Sank Because Its Toilet Malfunctioned
This post was originally published on this siteRather than keeping their waste on the submarine in septic tanks, German engineers devised a method for the […]
Britain Had A Wild Plan To Make Icebergs Into Aircraft Carriers During World War II
This post was originally published on this siteProject Habakkuk was an ill-fated projected designed to harness natural resources into weapons of war. It did not […]
Coco Chanel’s Secret Life As A Nazi Agent
This post was originally published on this siteFrom Nazi love affairs to partnerships with the Abwehr, Coco Chanel kept more than little black dresses in […]
54 Battle Of The Bulge Photos That Capture The Nazis’ Brutal Last Ditch Counteroffensive
This post was originally published on this siteDuring the Battle of the Bulge, the Nazis had intended on surrounding the Allies, crushing them, and chasing […]
21 Harrowing Images From The Chinese Civil War
This post was originally published on this siteFrom the soldiers on the battlefields to the civilians caught in the crossfire, these are the most powerful […]
Operation Husky: How Mobster Lucky Luciano Aided The U.S. In WWII
This post was originally published on this siteAfter a mysterious attack and to prepare for the invasion of Sicily in Operation Husky, the U.S. turned […]
5 Special Operations Executive Missions Conducted By World War II Britain’s Secret Soldiers
This post was originally published on this siteThey were called the Special Operations Executive, but also known as the “Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” — a […]
Meet Tsutomu Yamaguchi, The Man Who Survived Both Atomic Bombs
This post was originally published on this siteHear from Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the survivor (“hibakuisha”) who endured the Hiroshima blast only to flee home to Nagasaki, […]
Five Japanese Warships Sunk During Battle Of Leyte Gulf Discovered
This post was originally published on this siteThese warships from the Battle of Leyte Gulf were found in late November by a team led by […]
Dickin Medal Recipients From Sgt Reckless To Simon The Cat
This post was originally published on this siteDickin Medal honorees like Sgt Reckless the horse are among history’s bravest animals to ever serve during wartime. […]
Meet Irma Grese, “The Beautiful Beast” And One Of The Nazis’ Most Feared Guards
This post was originally published on this siteHow Irma Grese went from being a troubled teen to becoming one of the most sadistic guards to […]
How Nazi Scientist Wernher Von Braun Sent The U.S. To The Moon
This post was originally published on this siteDespite his Nazi beginnings, Wernher von Braun contributed immensely to the creation of the American space program. Wikimedia […]