The Nightmare of Combat in a World War II Superbomber: “The Urine Is Frozen Up There”
The clatter of the bullets against the metal was not alleviated by the very low pressure. “Tack, tock, tock.” It was December 1943, and from the bowels of a gigantic B-17 bomber, radio operator Forrest Vosler answered the German fighter with the same refrain. “Tack, tock, tock.” The symphony was stopped by an unfortunate shot; […]
Who was the best general of World War II? The host of “Nazi Megastructures” reveals the secret to ABC
James Holland doesn’t stop. He records shows like “Nazi Megastructures,” gives conferences, travels to any country that smells like a 1930s battle… and even has time to write. His last essay: “The second World War“(Attic of Books”) is something different as it mixes the story of the conflict with a series of illustrations by artist […]
Let the emperor hang? In this way, Hirohito escaped execution by the Allies after World War II
For the Japanese, the emperor was more than a symbol of greatness. He was a “heavenly ruler”; a kind of deity descended from the firmament to guide his people. However, the same character whom the Japanese respected and revered as a god spent the final days of World War II hidden in a damp bunker […]
the mystery of the railway with 250 children who disappeared on the first day of World War II
In “Winton’s Children,” writer Fabiano Massimi plunges headfirst into a story that has been ignored for decades: that of the British Schindler Nicholas Winton Nicholas Winton with one of the rescued children ABC March 11, 2023 Updated at 12:57 p.m. September 1, 1939 was a black day. The eighth train, which Nicholas Winton had filled […]
Did Hitler flee to Spain? The mysterious 1945 flight that spread the biggest lie of World War II
On April 28, 1945 Hanna Reitsch He honored the Iron Crosses awarded to him by the Third Reich during World War II. On that day, the Air Force’s most famous test pilot accomplished an impossible feat. After anti-aircraft batteries wounded the pilot of the Fieseler Fi 156, with whom he was traveling towards Berlin, which […]
the colossal Japanese aircraft carrier submarine that would unleash terror against the United States during World War II
Madness broke out at the sound of the thundering bombs. In September 1942, Japanese pilot Nobou Fujita took off from an I-25 submersible and dropped its deadly cargo on the coast of the United States. ‘Boom boom boom’. It didn’t cause a debacle; In fact, there were no injuries and hardly any material damage was […]
Another historical lie? The Truth Behind the Mass Suicides of the Soviet Commissars in the IIGM
When he was 67 years old, the President of the USSR Council of Ministers, Nikita Khrushchev, told his Western colleagues a story, an anecdote that vacillated between the honor of the samurai and the fear of the small magnanimous Mother Russia. As if in the heat of the fire, the politician recalled the darkest days […]
What did the German soldiers eat? The truth about the IIGM’s most disgusting combat ration
June 6, 1944 was a special day: the outbreak of the Great Crusade against Nazism in old Europe. The allied command knew it and therefore the good Ike Eisenhower opened the briefcase with the aim of spoiling his men with a hearty breakfast. Pork steaks, ice cream, donuts and freshly brewed coffee were prepared for […]
the cluster munitions that terrified civilians during World War II and will now shell Ukraine
It was a Friday when the nightmare broke out. On March 26, 2003, a projectile hit a neighborhood in Baghdad. This bomb was not normal; When it reached the ground, it fired a huge amount of shrapnel, killing a woman and injuring four adults and five children. One of them, Ahmed, sustained injuries to his […]
the secret revolution that made the Polish army the deadliest in Europe
Poland has spoken out and it seems unwilling to repeat the same mistakes it made in the EU Second World War. The country, which in less than a month bowed the knee to German tanks – and their new “Blitzkrieg” – is now pledging to make its armed forces the best in Europe to contain […]