The Mystery of Hitler’s Missing Pistol
Hitler’s Missing Pistol Many mysteries surround the death of Hitler in the Berlin bunker. One of those is what happened[…]
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Ice Station Kurt – The Secret German Mission to Canada
German forces landed in North America Discover the only occasion armed German forces landed in North America during WWII, and[…]
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Task Force Baum – Patton’s Insane Rescue Mission 1945
Mission behind German Lines In March 1945 General Patton ordered a lightning fast mission behind German lines by a small[…]
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The Japanese ‘Invasion’ of Australia
‘Invasion’ of Australia Did the Japanese try to invade Australia? The answer is ‘yes’, but also ‘not quite’ – find[…]
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The Last U-Boat Attacks of WW2
Last U-Boat Attacks The very last U-Boat combat operations took place on 7 May 1945, the last full day of[…]
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The MiG that “Invaded” the West
Runaway Soviet Air Force MiG-23 The extraordinary story of a runaway Soviet Air Force MiG-23 that flew from Poland to[…]
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Air Combat – 1989 Gulf of Sidra Incident
Gulf of Sidra Incident On 4 January 1989, two United States Navy F-14 Tomcats shot down two Soviet manufactured Libyan[…]
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Panzer Unit Still Serving After German Defeat – Denmark 1945
Served on after the German Surrender Find out how a German unit equipped with Panzer III tanks and StuG III[…]
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German Paratrooper Prison Break 1944
Prison Break 1944 In August 1944 a daring raid was launched from besieged Brest in France. A company of German[…]
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Mega Disasters – Sinking the Royal Navy HMS Coventry (D118) – Falklands War
HMS Coventry Mega Disasters – Sinking the Coventry HMS Coventry (D118) HMS Coventry was a Type 42 (Sheffield-class) destroyer of[…]
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