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The Nazis Landed in North America – Wetter-Funkgerät Land Updated 28/04/2026 During World War II, the Kriegsmarine focused almost entirely on building U-boats to disrupt the Allied supply lines from America to England.Nazi Germany constructed a massive fleet of U-boats, 1,162 in total between 1935 and 1945. During the war, 784 U-boats were lost due […]

Many battles were fought during World War II. It may sound strange, but for that very reason, I have hardly discussed any of them, except for a few exceptions. One battle more or less was just business as usual. As I already mentioned in my introduction, I only want to highlight the extraordinary events. In

When the United States awoke after the attack on Pearl Harbor and the British, following the Battle of Britain, saw opportunities to expand their air fleet, enormous numbers of bombers and fighter aircraft were produced. While the numbers often vary across different sources (and some were built even after the war), below is an overview

Updated 23/01/2026 Hitler always had a preference for the megalomaniac during WWII. Everything had to be big, very big: The new Chancellery The new Reichskanzlei was certainly not small either. Albert Speer had designed this building on behalf of Hitler and it had to be representative of the power of the Führer. State guests and

Operation Biting and Jubilee. When the Russians were ready to launch the counterattack in November 1942, Stalin’s desire to open a second front in the west arose. The Germans then had to transfer troops to the west and the Russians then faced weakened German troops. Operation Bagration was about to begin. The Germans decided to

In the story “The return of the Jews” we discuss extensively the problems that the Jews, who had actually survived the concentration camps in various countries, were allowed to experience. But how were the deportations arranged at the beginning of the persecution of the Jews in countries such as the Netherlands and a number of

Updated 2/05/2026 The return of the Jews from the concentration camps after the end of World War II The Jewish people Jewish history has been going back in time for more than 3000 years and the Jews have experienced and survived a lot over the centuries. The Jews were often the victims. Why were the

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.

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