They drank… a lot of alcohol. Some guards simply didn’t know. Allow me to explain. Upon arrival to the camp, people were placed in 2 lines. One line to work, one line to die. The ones who couldn’t work would be marched off to the gas chamb…
In warfare when someone says, for example, "500,000 Soviet troops were encircled by German Army Group Centre near Smolensk", it means the Germans had captured all the roads, bridges, railway lines ... connecting Smolensk with other plac…
Luck. Over time, Hitler grew more and more suspicious but he was one lucky guy. 1. There was an attempt to shoot Hitler when he was on a stand during a parade. However; he was became blocked by a crowd of people. The sniper waited until…
There was no escape for Hitler . He was a dead man in a basement while the world burned above him. The Russian artillery was leveling the city block by block. A man could not walk from one street to the next without being killed. Soldiers were figh…
World War 2 was a difficult time not knowing which of the leaders of the Nazi party Germans disliked most. The government was highly strict. Leaders could end up in serious trouble should people say bad stuff about them. Worse they could be sent to…
Special forces, like the "Brandenburger" regiment or "Meereskämpfer," weren't really seen as elite back then. They trained for special jobs other units couldn't do, but that didn't mean they were the best fighters. T…
Many were frustrated by the American way of warfare, especially the officers who could not call upon the resources that their enemy could. The common soldier was annoyed that the American infantry declined to “fight fairly” and relied heavily on ar…
