Featured in nazi germanyBYJessica EvansSep 14, 2023ShareThat time America worked with Nazi scientistsOperation Paperclip might not be one of America’s most prominent secret ops, but it does highlight the alliance with Nazi scientists. BYJessica EvansSep 14, 2023ShareBYJessica EvansJun 11, 2023ShareBeyond the BlitzkriegThe blitzkrieg pushed the world to the brink. Countries became battlefields and ordinary men and women became heroes and villains. BYJessica EvansJun 11, 2023ShareBYJessica EvansApr 28, 2023ShareThe tragic lesson of the Dieppe RaidThe Dieppe Raid was a failed amphibious assault by Allied forces on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in Northern France… BYJessica EvansApr 28, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyJan 18, 2023ShareThe Germans had their own mad general who rode into combat in a kiltLongtime readers of We Are The Mighty are probably familiar with “Mad” Jack Churchil, the British officer who went into… BYTeam MightyJan 18, 2023ShareBYMiguel OrtizJan 5, 2023ShareNazi Germany’s one aircraft carrier was target practice for the SovietsThe German Navy during WWII is best known for its use of U-boats and capital ships like the infamous Bismarck…. BYMiguel OrtizJan 5, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyDec 20, 2022ShareThe USS Borie’s insane battle with a German submarine led to its own destructionThe USS Borie was one of the U.S. Navy’s most aggressive anti-submarine ships in World War II. It was first… BYTeam MightyDec 20, 2022ShareBYTeam MightyNov 16, 2022ShareToday in military history: Royal Air Force bombs HamburgOn Nov. 16, 1940, the Royal Air Force bombed the German city of Hamburg. The Battle of Britain began the… BYTeam MightyNov 16, 2022ShareBYTeam MightySep 29, 2023ShareThe 5 bloodiest battles of the 20th centuryMany of the bloodiest battles on this list are from WWII, filled with the bodies of millions, sometimes in single conflicts or battles. BYTeam MightySep 29, 2023ShareBYShannon CorbeilAug 29, 2023ShareWhy Hitler hated red lipstickRed lipstick is nothing less than a power move. Women have worn it to express themselves. Maybe that’s what Adolf Hitler was afraid of. BYShannon CorbeilAug 29, 2023ShareBYLogan NyeAug 5, 2022ShareWhy British paratroopers relied on the ingenious Gammon bombA paratrooper invented the Gammon Bomb to fit a very specific use case. Paratroopers needed to kill Nazis of all… BYLogan NyeAug 5, 2022ShareBYChristian LoweAug 3, 2022ShareThis colorized German war footage shows why Stalingrad was hell on EarthIt was the pivotal battle that most historians believe turned the tide against the Nazis for good in World War II, resulting in a cascade of defeats as the Wehrmacht beat its retreat to Germany from the Soviet Eastern Front. But it wasn’… BYChristian LoweAug 3, 2022ShareBYBlake StilwellMar 7, 2023ShareThese four photos are the only ones ever taken inside a Nazi death campThe “Sonderkommando Photographs” are the only known photos taken of the gas chambers and cremation pits at Auchwitz, the infamous Nazi death camp. Shot by a Greek prisoner, the four photos were smuggled to the Polish Resistance where the… BYBlake StilwellMar 7, 2023ShareBYRuddy CanoAug 16, 2022ShareThis is how Hitler launched an assault on Christmas itselfNazism has always been a cancerous growth that infects everything around it. There was nothing the Socialist National German Workers’… BYRuddy CanoAug 16, 2022ShareBYMiguel OrtizFeb 9, 2023Share4 German designs used by Japan in WWIIAlthough the Japanese feudal period ended at the turn of the 17th century, isolationist policies delayed the country’s advancement compared… BYMiguel OrtizFeb 9, 2023ShareBYTeam MightyOct 24, 2022ShareThe German MG42 was a unyielding weapon of death in World War IIThere’s a reason Germany’s enemies called the MG42 “Hitler’s Buzzsaw.” The MG42 could fire 1,200 rounds per minute, twice the… BYTeam MightyOct 24, 2022ShareBYMiguel OrtizOct 25, 2022ShareThese WWII bombers were converted into gunshipsThe idea of putting weapons on aircraft to strike ground targets is not a new one. Although the concept has… BYMiguel OrtizOct 25, 2022Share
BYJessica EvansSep 14, 2023ShareThat time America worked with Nazi scientistsOperation Paperclip might not be one of America’s most prominent secret ops, but it does highlight the alliance with Nazi scientists. BYJessica EvansSep 14, 2023Share
BYJessica EvansJun 11, 2023ShareBeyond the BlitzkriegThe blitzkrieg pushed the world to the brink. Countries became battlefields and ordinary men and women became heroes and villains. BYJessica EvansJun 11, 2023Share
BYJessica EvansApr 28, 2023ShareThe tragic lesson of the Dieppe RaidThe Dieppe Raid was a failed amphibious assault by Allied forces on the German-occupied port of Dieppe in Northern France… BYJessica EvansApr 28, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyJan 18, 2023ShareThe Germans had their own mad general who rode into combat in a kiltLongtime readers of We Are The Mighty are probably familiar with “Mad” Jack Churchil, the British officer who went into… BYTeam MightyJan 18, 2023Share
BYMiguel OrtizJan 5, 2023ShareNazi Germany’s one aircraft carrier was target practice for the SovietsThe German Navy during WWII is best known for its use of U-boats and capital ships like the infamous Bismarck…. BYMiguel OrtizJan 5, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyDec 20, 2022ShareThe USS Borie’s insane battle with a German submarine led to its own destructionThe USS Borie was one of the U.S. Navy’s most aggressive anti-submarine ships in World War II. It was first… BYTeam MightyDec 20, 2022Share
BYTeam MightyNov 16, 2022ShareToday in military history: Royal Air Force bombs HamburgOn Nov. 16, 1940, the Royal Air Force bombed the German city of Hamburg. The Battle of Britain began the… BYTeam MightyNov 16, 2022Share
BYTeam MightySep 29, 2023ShareThe 5 bloodiest battles of the 20th centuryMany of the bloodiest battles on this list are from WWII, filled with the bodies of millions, sometimes in single conflicts or battles. BYTeam MightySep 29, 2023Share
BYShannon CorbeilAug 29, 2023ShareWhy Hitler hated red lipstickRed lipstick is nothing less than a power move. Women have worn it to express themselves. Maybe that’s what Adolf Hitler was afraid of. BYShannon CorbeilAug 29, 2023Share
BYLogan NyeAug 5, 2022ShareWhy British paratroopers relied on the ingenious Gammon bombA paratrooper invented the Gammon Bomb to fit a very specific use case. Paratroopers needed to kill Nazis of all… BYLogan NyeAug 5, 2022Share
BYChristian LoweAug 3, 2022ShareThis colorized German war footage shows why Stalingrad was hell on EarthIt was the pivotal battle that most historians believe turned the tide against the Nazis for good in World War II, resulting in a cascade of defeats as the Wehrmacht beat its retreat to Germany from the Soviet Eastern Front. But it wasn’… BYChristian LoweAug 3, 2022Share
BYBlake StilwellMar 7, 2023ShareThese four photos are the only ones ever taken inside a Nazi death campThe “Sonderkommando Photographs” are the only known photos taken of the gas chambers and cremation pits at Auchwitz, the infamous Nazi death camp. Shot by a Greek prisoner, the four photos were smuggled to the Polish Resistance where the… BYBlake StilwellMar 7, 2023Share
BYRuddy CanoAug 16, 2022ShareThis is how Hitler launched an assault on Christmas itselfNazism has always been a cancerous growth that infects everything around it. There was nothing the Socialist National German Workers’… BYRuddy CanoAug 16, 2022Share
BYMiguel OrtizFeb 9, 2023Share4 German designs used by Japan in WWIIAlthough the Japanese feudal period ended at the turn of the 17th century, isolationist policies delayed the country’s advancement compared… BYMiguel OrtizFeb 9, 2023Share
BYTeam MightyOct 24, 2022ShareThe German MG42 was a unyielding weapon of death in World War IIThere’s a reason Germany’s enemies called the MG42 “Hitler’s Buzzsaw.” The MG42 could fire 1,200 rounds per minute, twice the… BYTeam MightyOct 24, 2022Share
BYMiguel OrtizOct 25, 2022ShareThese WWII bombers were converted into gunshipsThe idea of putting weapons on aircraft to strike ground targets is not a new one. Although the concept has… BYMiguel OrtizOct 25, 2022Share
