Updated 26/02/2026 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 […]
The role of the police in World War II Read More »
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
A cat has nine lives Read More »
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
Ferdinand Porsche and the Volkswagen Read More »
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
The fort Eben-Emael Read More »
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
Bill Millin, “The mad piper” Read More »
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
The miracle of Remagen Read More »
Updated 25/09/25 A number of strange strategic decisions were made in the second world war, which later in the battle led to an unnecessary amount of additional casualties and a huge loss of material. Now it is the case that in the heat of the battle a wrong decision can be made, but the decisions
Strange strategic decisions that mattered Read More »
In the previous article about the B-17, I already referred to the bombing of Nijmegen on February 22, 1944. Several Dutch cities were bombed multiple times during WWII. Rotterdam, initially razed to the ground by the Germans, was also bombed by Allied air raids on the port area. The Hague was attacked with a precision
The bombing of Nijmegen 22/02/1944 Read More »
It is clear that the Battle of England, a fight in the air that was unprecedented, marked the final death knell for the aspirations of the Third Reich. The loss of aircraft and the limited production of new aircraft due to the many strategic bombings of the Allies, resulted in an Allied force majeure in
B-17 Flying Fortress Read More »
Alan MageeIn 1943, Alan Magee, serving as a crew member of a B-17, took part in a bombing raid on Saint-Nazaire. The raid caused massive destruction. Magee, however, had not yet seen enough, and he leapt from his B-17, seemingly determined to cause even more damage below. The result of his freefall without a parachute