Dr. Josef Mengele, also known as the Angel of Death, killed more than 2,800 twins because of his experiments. Anne Frank and her sister died at the Bergen-Belsen camp one month before the liberation. During WWII, hamburgers in America were called “Liberty Steaks” to avoid the German nam...
Kingdom of the Netherlands (1918-1940) Armored Car – 1 Built The First World War was the first war in history in which armored vehicles were used in significant numbers, by all sides. The Netherlands, as a neutral country, only observed from the sideline. However, in 1914, one Belgian ...
German Reich (1936-1945) Heavy Armored Car – 490 to 495 Built The Schwerer Panzerspähwagen (Fu) Sd.Kfz.232 (8 Rad) (Eng. Heavy Reconnaissance [Radio] Vehicle Sd.Kfz. 232 [8 Wheels]) was a heavy armored reconnaissance car developed by Nazi Germany during the mid-1930s, produced ...
Better hope you’re led by lions… If you want a quick shoot-about with mates, or to blitz through lots of straightforward, high-dopamine 10-minute deathmatches, this ain’t for you. But if you want to be absorbed in WW2 squad-level tactics, comms, and combat, investing upwards of ...
with the end of the African campaign – it was about Rommel after all, he did not elaborate on his movements and units in which he served, what his units did or on which front he served (Eastern, Western or Italian) after the Afrika Korps was defeated, and even after Rommel death. ...
Providing supporting documentation when applying for death certificates. Help solve MIA cases. Help decode Wehrmacht identity discs. Help decode Wehrmacht Field Post Office Numbers. Provide known locations of war graves. Aid in the administration of personal effects. Provide records of Military Service....
commuting the sentences of 37 men on death row but leaving three others intact. here’s what to know. laura mannweiler dec. 23, 2024 the year in photos: 2024 war in gaza and ukraine. a tumultuous u.s. election cycle. glancing up to view a total solar eclipse. he...
In Germany Louis Weichardt became a rabid antisemite, in travelling Europe he recalled that in the Ottoman Empire that the Turks were being “bled to death by Jewish extortioners and money lenders” and in Germany he said he: “had the privilege of witnessing the first beginnings of the nat...
In the videos, we frequently See/Hear that large numbers of soldiers were captured by The Wehrmacht. Tens of thousand and even Hundreds of thousands at a time. It is often said that a majority of those prisoners would die in "Open Air Prisons". Death coming... mostly... from lack of...
USS Enterprise (CV-6) had been spared a pier-side death on December 7, delaying its return from a ferry run to Wake Island upon receiving news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Lexington (CV-2) also was at sea that morning, and Saratoga (CV-3) was embarking planes in San ...