On this website you will find a separate story about the bombing that took place during the Second World War. The bombing of Nijmegen has been added separately, initially to give an idea of how a bombing of Nazi Germany started, but in the second instance also because it was a special “friendly fire” bombardment. […]
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SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger, the Himmelfahrtskommando In my story about the Murder Factories, I have already mentioned Oscar as one of the biggest criminals in World War II. Now the number of criminals working in the concentration camps and at the Einsatzgruppen and Sonderkommandos were numerous. If I have to describe all of them, this story will
The Geneva Convention is a collective term for the treaties drawn up in Geneva and which, as part of humanitarian law, determine the rules of law during an armed conflict. The treaties have been signed by all countries in the world. First version 1864 Improving the fate of wounded and sick forces on the ground
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Updated 10/04/202 5 The role of the 1.5 million African-Americans who were part of the U.S. military has always been underexposed. Of these 1.5 million, 900,000 were sent to Europe. The treatment of African-Americans at the beginning of World War II showed parallels with German anti-Semitism. Hitler, the greatest racist in Europe, was thus fought
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Updated 27/07/2025 As a fugitive for the Nazis because you didn’t want to be employed in Germany, or because you are of Jewish origin, then one had many enemies, but the police are your best comrade? Right? Yeah? What kind of problems could someone expect in the Netherlands in the Second World War: Gestapo The
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Updated 22/04/24 A cat has nine lives, Hitler had at least 42 lives. According to an expression from ancient Egypt, a cat has nine lives. For the Egyptians, cats were sacred animals. Sun god Ra took the form of a cat during his travels to the underworld and Ra would have given life to eight
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The Third Reich had a number of top managers, who linked their ideals to the crimes of the same Third Reich. Albert Speer (armament), Wernher von Braun (rocket scientist), Alfred Jodl (general), Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach (the arms manufacturer), Hjalmar Schacht (the banker) and Ferdinand Porsche (the technician). They were men with a
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The fortress Eben–Emael is located near Maastricht and the village of Eben–Emael in Belgium and was part of the fortress belt around Liège. After the First World War, the Belgian government decided to build a previously missing defence work between the Albert Canal, the Meuse and the Ardennes. Due to the economic malaise, no money
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Bill Millin was born on July 14, 1922, in Regina, Saskatchewan, to a father of Scottish descent. The family returned to Glasgow when William was three. His father became a police officer. William grew up and attended school in the Shettleston neighborhood. He joined the Territorial Army at Fort William and played bagpipes in the band of
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Remagen is a village located on the left bank of the Rhine, between Bonn and Koblenz. The bridge was a remnant from WW1. Construction took three years and was put into operation in 1918, mainly to be able to supply the German front in the west more quickly. The bridge was given the name of
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