7 highlights from the CIA’s medical history of Hitler
Pretty soon after the Y2K craze passed, the CIA declassified a 56-page report on Hitler’s medical history fr…
Why soldiers called this military chocolate bar ‘Hitler’s Secret Weapon’
When the U.S. Army quartermaster called on Hershey’s chocolate to create a chocolate bar designed especially for the military, it had very specific specifications. One of these might have seemed at odds with the way most people think about chocolate, but there are a lot of things about military service that defy common expectations. Called … Continued
Operation Foxley was the 1944 Special Operations plan to kill Hitler
Even as World War II was wrapping up and Allied soldiers occupied much of Western Europe, the British Special Operations Executive was still devising plans to kill Adolf Hitler in Germany and bring the war to a swift end. Many different options were considered, including bombing his personal train, sabotaging railway stations, and even poisoning … Continued
This is how ‘the most dangerous man in Europe’ hunted his fellow Nazis for Israel
Imagine Adolf Hitler’s top Nazi commando – a Waffen SS officer who helped implement Germany’s “Final Solution” – walking among the trees and photos of Jerusalem’s Yad Vashem, Israel’s memorial to the 6 million Jews who died in the Holoc…
One of NATO’s most important Commanders was a Wehrmacht general who tried to kill Hitler
Hans Speidel had a long history of service to his country, no matter what that country was called or who happened to be its leader. Speidel was born in the German Empire and fought for the Kaiser in 1914, stayed in uniform during the tumultuous Weimar Republic and rose through the ranks of Nazi Germany. … Continued
This is why Hitler wanted to kill ‘The Three Stooges’
In the days before the United States entered World War II, Hollywood’s first jab against fascism came from an unlikely place. Actually, three unlikely places: Larry, Curly and Moe. AKA the Three Stooges. The year was 1940 and Europe was already embroiled in conflict after Britain and France declared war on Germany over its 1939 invasion … Continued
The US likely knew about Hitler’s sexual dysfunctions back in 1943
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This is how Hitler launched an assault on Christmas itself
Nazism has always been a cancerous growth that infects everything around it. There was nothing the Socialist National German Workers’ Party wouldn’t do to erase Judaism from the face of the earth – to include the blasphemous agenda to remove Christ from Christmas. There is only one unforgivable sin in the Bible, to corrupt the … Continued
This was Nazi Germany’s answer to the Jeep
Prior to World War II, the rising chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler, announced plans to make Germany into a motorized nation. This led to the adoption of the Volkswagen Beetle. But Hitler also ordered military versions of the vehicle developed, an…
Why Hitler hated red lipstick
Red lipstick is nothing less than a power move. For centuries, women have worn it to express themselves, and the shades are as varied as their meanings: confidence, sensuality, strength, courage, playfulness, and even rebellion. Dita Von Teese once …