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Simo Hayha, The White Death in his winter camouflage, 1940 Simo Häyhä, also known as “The White Death,” was a Finnish sniper who is credited with…
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How Were Pilots Chosen To Become Kamizakes?
Because the tokkōtai operation was a guarantee of death, the top military officers, quite hypocritically, decided not to make this operation an official part of the…
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I’m a German soldier in 1939. What are my chances to survive until 1945?
By the end of the war the Germans had 12.5 million men under arms. Over 4 million died during the war. Survival depended upon where you…
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What Was The Scariest Thing For a German Soldier To See During WW2?
This isn’t a regular tank. It’s a Churchill Crocodile outfitted with a super-powered flamethrower. Many Germans in WWII were incinerated alive shortly after seeing this view.…
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The Lost German Girl, 1945. V-Day in Europe/ This is Lore Bauer. Born in Kollerschlag, Austria 1921. She was assigned to the Prague anti-aircraft department in late…
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How Did Germany Defeat France So Easily In WW2?
It was a combination of factors. One thing that’s very overplayed is the Maginot Line; the line of fortifications that France built along its border with…
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Hans-Georg Henke, a 16 year old German soldier, after a long battle he was captured by the American’s and taken as a POW. He burst into…
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June 22, 1941, Germany invades the Soviet Union Why did they invade the Soviet Union? Operation Barbarossa was an operation created out of necessity as much…
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How Is World War 2 Taught In German Schools
When you grow up here and you are still rather young, you get the sense that you (as in Germans) fucked up in the past and…