The Faustian Bargain: Industrialist Fritz Thyssen and the Nazis
“Fritz Thyssen, German industrialist who gave Reichsfuehrer Hitler early financial backing, is now in the hands of the Gestapo, it …
“Fritz Thyssen, German industrialist who gave Reichsfuehrer Hitler early financial backing, is now in the hands of the Gestapo, it …
In this Marine Corps video, Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Robert Neller and Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps …
For journalists, being a war correspondent in World War II was the opportunity of a lifetime. Hundreds received their credentials …
On April 9, 1942, the American and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula surrendered. Japanese conquest of the Philippines was …
“There were no preparations for a prolonged struggle. Everything was based on the idea of a decisive result before the …
He did not look like an American soldier. This man, walking up a street in Liverpool in 1942, was wearing …
In the 1940s they were all in color for a dime and many packed a whopping 52 pages between their …
The French phrase coup de main literally means “a strike of the hand.” In military jargon, it means “an offensive …
In March 1943 Britain’s leading armor warfare expert, Maj. Gen. Sir Percy C. S. Hobart, finally got his due. He …
In the spring of 1942, the Japanese naval juggernaut appeared unstoppable. The U.S. Navy was on the strategic defensive …