The Holocaust was one of the greatest tragedies that humanity has inflicted upon itself. However, it did not happen overnight. The evil within the Nazis was laid bare before the world. But not before they first calmly discussed and deliberated…
During World War II, people in the Pacific countries and islands heard a radio broadcast. In fact, it was immediately clear who these broadcasts were aimed at. For approximately 75 minutes a day from around 1943 through 1945, American soldiers…
It may be hard to imagine: an agreement between the United Kingdom (UK) and Nazi Germany. But in 1935, this was a reality for both Germany and the UK. It arose in part from sympathy for Germany, not because of…
The kidnapping of children by the Nazis. To this day, it’s not something you read about very often. Yet it did happen, and on a larger scale than one might initially think. The exact number of children kidnapped by the…
The story of World War II does not end with the surrender of Nazi Germany. Nor does it end with the surrender of the Japanese Empire. For some, however, it is clear: after Japan’s surrender, World War II was over,…
April 30, 1945. At that exact moment, Hitler had already been in hiding since January 16, 1945. He had hardly ever come out into the open. Only on March 20, 1945. That was when the last images of Hitler were…
The collective memory of World War II is dominated primarily by the European theater of war, Nazi Germany, Operation Barbarossa, and D-Day, to name just a few well-known examples. But in the Far East, the war raged just as fiercely.…
Today is May 5, 2026. You’re probably wondering what this could possibly have to do with World War II, unless you’re Dutch. May 8, 1945 marked the official end of World War II in Europe. Sometimes better known as VE…
How Ordinary People Became an Extraordinary Resistance Resistance movements were present throughout Europe during World War II. In some countries, these movements were more widespread than in others. In Germany, for example, there was virtually no widespread resistance movement, apart…
How the Tiger I Became Its Own Worst Enemy Anyone who has ever read anything about World War II has, at some point, also encountered the Tiger I tank, also known as the Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausführung E. The Tiger tank…
From Secret Shadow Force to the Spine of the Blitzkrieg Unlike the terms Kriegsmarine and Wehrmacht, which disappeared after World War II, the German Air Force is still known as the Luftwaffe. After World War II, Germany was once again…
The Malmedy Massacre, sometimes also known as the Baugnez Massacre, was an incident during World War II in which 84 American prisoners of war were killed by Kampfgruppe Peiper after being captured. This event was later classified as a war…
