Hitler’s watch sold for $1.1 million in a controversial auction
War trophies have been collected for as long as people have been fighting. During WWII, victorious allied troops scrounged Germany for relics of the Nazi regime to take home with…
An awful car killed more Nazi generals than World War II
The Czechoslovakian-built Tatra 87 was Hitler’s car of the future. With a top speed of more than 100 mph, it was a car destined for the Autobahn. Its sleek, futuristic design and high performance made it the vehicle of choice for Nazi officers. It …
This undercover Ukrainian Nazi killer proves Ukraine will always fight against aggression
During the Nazi occupation of Ukraine, the Nazis found an ally in Tatiana Marcousisse, the daughter of a Georgian prince who was murdered by the Bolsheviks. Marcousisse hated the Soviet…
Today in military history: Nazis begin Warsaw deportations
On July 22, 1942, the Nazis began the mass deportation of Jews from the Warsaw ghetto to the extermination camp at Treblinka in Poland. Warsaw was the largest Jewish ghetto…
The longest land battle in US history was a huge mistake
The fight for the Hurtgen Forest was one of the most devastating battles of all World War II Europe and one of few the U.S. Army lost after landing at Normandy on D-Day. The relatively quick advance through France gave Allied commanders the drive to…
4 subtle details about Nazi Germany you missed in Jojo Rabbit
Movies are an art medium where every frame can answer a question before it’s even asked. The clever use of symbols, juxtaposition or a turn of phrase can lead the…
Why German vehicles had textured camouflage during WWII
Keen-eyed history enthusiasts may notice a textured, striped camouflage on German WWII vehicles. In fact, the distinctive visual can be used to identify a WWII vehicle as German. But what…
This is how Hitler’s drug addiction may have caused him to lose the war
Throughout the final year of WWII, Adolph Hitler was reportedly on more than 70 different narcotics, including crack cocaine and other opiates, and was basically out of his consciousness. His…
Today in military history: Germany’s failed march on Soviet Union
On June 29, 1941, Nazi Germany advanced into the heart of the Soviet Union. Hitler launched Operation Barbarossa, his ill-fated invasion of Communist Soviet Union, on June 22, and on…
The Nazis had a nuclear reactor in World War II
The Germans were the first to propose nuclear science, and some of their top minds advanced the field in the 1800s and early 1900s. That’s why it’s probably a little surprising that America had the first functioning nuclear reactor. And the first …