World War 2
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A smiling angel A boy A mischievous rascal A smiling angel A child A future A smiling angel A love eternal A human being not capable of hate A smiling angel He could have played football for AC Milan or Inter Milan, or any team, His future was limitless His love will live on ,…
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The Nazis didn’t mind Amon Göth’s murdering, but they took issue with his thievery. He was caught stealing from the state. However, whatever way your turn it, the possessions Amon Göth stole from the Jews he tormented and killed still were illegally begotten by the Nazis either way. Amon Göth’s actions, including personally murdering prisoners…
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I sincerely believe that some people are just born evil. If it hadn’t been for the war, their evil ways—would probably have been displayed in other ways. Dr. Ernst Knorr was born Heiligenbeil, Germany on October 13, 1899. He died in Scheveningen, the Netherlands on 7 July 1945. He was an SS officer in the…
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I am not a person who generally subscribes to conspiracy theories. In fact, I tend to be rather sceptical when historical events are presented as evidence of some hidden plot. But occasionally, a historical incident raises questions that are difficult to ignore. The death of Japanese Field Marshal Hajime Sugiyama is one such case. Sugiyama…
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The German operation to liberate Benito Mussolini from captivity in September 1943, commonly known as the Gran Sasso raid or Operation Eiche (“Oak”), remains one of the most studied commando actions of the Second World War. Beyond its tactical novelty, the raid highlights the interplay between military planning, political symbolism, and propaganda in a period…
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On September 11, 1941, construction began on the Pentagon. Exactly 60 years later, on September 11, 2001, terrorists targeted the building in one of the deadliest attacks on American soil. The Pentagon: Born in the Shadow of War On 11 September 1941, ground was broken on what would become the world’s largest low-rise office building.…
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The picture above is an arrest card of Meijer Barmhartigheid. He was one of the 389 young Jewish man who were arrested during raid in Amsterdam on February 22 and 23 ,1941. Of those 389 only 2 survived the Holocaust. 100 of them were murdered in the Hartheim clinic, which was also the clinic used…
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The Pacific War (1941–1945) reshaped Southeast Asia and subjected millions to brutal occupation under Imperial Japan. Among the most harrowing stories is that of Batu Lintang camp, located on the outskirts of Kuching in Sarawak, Borneo. Originally a British military barracks, the Japanese converted it into an internment and prisoner-of-war (POW) camp after their conquest…
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As Edmund Burke once said”The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing”, I would like to add “for good women to do nothing” This is is how the Nazi regime and all its evil could flourish. People saw what was happening, it was often blatantly obvious but…
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If someone is running round like a headless chicken or rushing around like a headless chicken, they are panicking when they should be thinking carefully about what needs to be done. This is of course a figuratively expression. However for one unfortunate, or fortunate. chicken this saying had a literal meaning. On 10 September 1945…
