Second World War
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80 years of D-Day: US veterans back in Normandy
A total of 48 US veterans of Second World War landed in Normandy this week as part of the 80th anniversary of the D-Day...
The history of Austin Cars
Herbert Austin had already started developing and producing automobiles at the turn of the century. In the First World War the Austin Motor Company...
“Bugged – Hitler’s telephone”: Eavesdropping on the Führer
"Bugged - Hitler's Telephone": "Universum History" documentary about an extraordinary eavesdropping attack during the Second World War on November 3 at 22.35 on ORF...
The Ford GTB went everywhere but Burma
In the Second World War Ford produced a truck for the US armed forces, the Ford GTB. This was produced and delivered in different...
The war history of the Lanchester Armored Car
In the First World War armored cars from the manufacturer Lanchester were used on the British side. The vehicles proved to be robust...
The US Navy does not forget its heroes
The life story of US soldier John William Finn, who unorthodoxly fought off Japanese aircraft at Pearl Harbor and was not forgotten by the...
Stuart Recces in the Melfa bridgehead
May 24, 1944 in the Liri Valley in central Italy: Canadian units were looking for a way to cross the Melfa River against strong...
“Terrible experiences can also inspire”
After "From the Weinviertel to Stalingrad" and "We were the youngest" Major Michael Gurschka recently published his third book "I never found out what...
M3-Gun Motor Carriage – the makeshift tank destroyer
According to the US Army's regulations, fighting against tanks in the Second World War the so-called "Tank Destroyers" were to be the main weapon...
How “Dad’s Army” protected Great Britain
The British Home Guard was a home defense force that was active in Great Britain during the Second World War from 1940. Thereby ...
Czechoslovakia: The forgotten brigade
When the German Wehrmacht in the Second World War occupied a country, one (or more) resistance movement(s) soon formed there. And abroad, an army...
A purple heart and a kick in the butt
In June 1942, the Japanese occupied the Aleutian Islands of Attu and Kiska. What was intended as a diversionary maneuver for the Japanese advance...
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