Today in military history: Brits launch Operation Supercharge
On Nov. 2, 1942, British forces broke through Axis defensive lines in the Battle of El Alamein in Egypt. In 1941, World War II was not going well for the…
Reminder that the Nazis made a top general kill himself
Erwin Rommel entered France in 1940 in command of a panzer division, moving around the Maginot Line with the bulk of German attackers and slamming into the French defenses from behind. He would go on to lead troops in North Africa as Hitler’s favor…
Today in military history: A young Rommel captures French artillery during WW1
On Jan. 29, 1915, German lieutenant Erwin Rommel led the gutsy capture of French artillery positions during The Great War. Twenty-five years before he would become the “Desert Fox” of…
Reminder that the Nazis made a top general kill himself
Erwin Rommel entered France in 1940 in command of a panzer division, moving around the Maginot Line with the bulk of German attackers and slamming into the French defenses from behind. He would go on to lead troops in North Africa as Hitler’s favor…