This World War I postcard from Germany, which shows a burial of German soldiers during the war. On the reverse, the card is postmarked November 18, 1915. Most importantly, it is also marked as coming from the 10th Company of the 16th Bavarian Reserve Infantry Regiment in the 6th Bavarian Reserve Division. The religious leader […]
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Read this carefully, because I really need your help in proving or disproving a historical mystery, and after you think about what you have read I would ask you to email me with your opinions. My interest in World War II probably began at age five and since then, especially concerning the war in Europe, […]
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Adolf Hitler, the Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party, hailed from Ranshofen, a small village in the municipality of Braunau am Inn, Austria. He was born on April 20, 1889, the fourth of six children of a minor customs official, Alois Hitler – and Klara Pölzl. At age three, Adolf moved […]
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Günther Prien and the crew of the U-47 Günther Prien and the crew of the U-47. After the U-47 sank the HMS Royal Oak at Scapa Flow, Adolf Hitler invited the crew to Berlin and personally met then as shown here; on the far left is Grossadmiral Erich Raeder. Prien later autographed the photo (lower […]
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