At the outbreak of war, Éire was still a member of the then British Commonwealth but chose to remain neutral, the only such member state to do so....
Felix Steiner was born in Ebenrode on 23 May 1896. During World War I he saw combat on both the Eastern and Western fronts, and took a particular...
Born in Gandersheim on 8 March 1897, Herbert Otto Gille entered the Imperial Army as a cadet. He served in Baden Feldartillerie Regiment Nr 30...
On Sunday 7th December 1941, Over 350 Aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Navy, launched from 6 Aircraft Carriers about 200 miles North of the...
Josef 'Sepp' Dietrich was born on 28 May 1892 in Hawangen, Bavaria. He spent some time as a trainee hotelier before joining the Bavarian Army as...
Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin both regarded Berlin as a highly valuable prize that would give whichever nation captured it great prestige...
One of the most famous military cars of World War 2 was the Volkswagen Kubel, the German Jeep, During 1933 Hitler had instructed two car designers...
Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger Heavy Tank As far back as 1938 it has been realized that the PzKpfw IV tank would have to be replaced by a more...
As darkness was falling at 22:56 hrs on 5th June 1944, six Horsa gliders were pulled airborne from the runway at Tarrant Rushton airfield in...
During the battle of Berlin, Hitler Jugend and Volksturm (Cant remember if this is the right name for them) were basically scattered around the...
Welcome descorpio! to war44 forums please introduce yourself by telling us where you are from, your interests in WWII or just History and how you...
Can you guys imagine what would have happened if Germany stayed honest to their non-aggression pact with the soviet union? Do you guys think that...
I have read time and time again about persuasive speech, but I am still dumbfounded on the thousands of children that were part of Hitler-Jugend...
Now, note that this is supposed to be funny rather than serious. World War 2 wasn't exactly a happy phase in history, but it's nice to see people...
This informal photograph by Nicolaus von Below, Hitler's Luftwaffe adjutant, shows Hitler, Goring, Keitel and foreign minister, Joachim von...
Background: This is the final chapter of Eugen Hadamovsky's World History on the March, a book published shortly before the outbreak of the War....
The OKW had never seriously considered an invasion of Britain in 1939. On July 16, 1940 Hitler issued Directive No 16 stating that an invasion was...
On January 10, 1940 Major Hoenmans, a Luftwaffe Reserve officer flying a liaison aircraft from Berlin to Cologne, had lost his way in thick fog,...
The great prize for the Soviet Union in defeating the Germans at Kursk was the gaining of the strategic initiative. After Kursk there were no...
The many reports of German brutality in the occupied towns and villages in Russia were strikingly confirmed by this remarkable series of...