Military Figures

George Smith Patton Jr. is remembered as one of the most talented generals of World War II. He became famous for his brilliant command during the invasion of Sicily and the German offensive in the Ardennes, where his American 3rd Army brutally repulsed the German attack. In addition to his wartime achievements, his charismatic statements, which…

The Chancellor of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler, was the target of at least 42 documented assassination attacks not only during the Second World War, but also…

On October 1, 1943, one of the most daring and glorious actions in the history of the Polish Underground State during the Second World War took place. During a…

Below we present the story of a man baptized as the "last kamikaze", undoubtedly one of the most devoted and courageous officers of the Imperial Navy. Vice…

During World War II, the Third Reich released to the Atlantic the so-called U-Boot wolf packs, i.e. submarines whose task was to terrorize the commercial and…

Here are eight little known, but interesting, stories from the period of World War II, about how the Norwegian resistance movement poisoned the German U-Boot…

When the outcome of the war in the Pacific between the United States and Japan was a foregone conclusion, the Imperial armed forces, in an act of desperation,…

Below we present the story of probably the most successful sniper in history - the Finnish soldier Simo Häyhä, baptized by his enemies as "White Death". During…

Karol XII Wittelsbach was the last absolute king of Sweden and ruler, who continued the tradition of conquests initiated by his ancestors. He was blessed with a…

John Churchill, also known as the First Duke of Marlborough was a strategy genius of the Allied (Anglo-Dutch) forces in the War of the Spanish Succession. He…