Silent Blitzkrieg: the Battle of Fort Eben Emael
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During the the Battle of Fort Eben Emael, a handful of well-trained German glider troopers subdued a seemingly impregnable fortress in mere hours. More »
Born in Braunau, Austria, Adolf Hitler rose to lead the Nazi Party in the early 1920s and was appointed chancellor of Germany in 1933. Upon the death of President Paul von Hindenburg in 1934, Hitler abolished that office and consolidated power in himself while suspending basic freedoms, such as those of the press and assembly. Hitler assumed the title of Führer, or leader, and became a totalitarian dictator. He repudiated the Treaty of Versailles, rearmed and expanded the German military, and pursued an aggressive persecution of Jews and other minorities. Hitler led Germany to ruin in World War II. Following the nation’s defeat in the spring of 1945, it was partitioned, East and West, for nearly 50 years. At the age of 56, Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945, in the Führerbunker in Berlin as troops of the Soviet Red Army advanced through the streets of the German capital.
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During the the Battle of Fort Eben Emael, a handful of well-trained German glider troopers subdued a seemingly impregnable fortress in mere hours. More »
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Despite his daughter’s pleas, Mussolini ordered his own son-in-law, Count Galeazzo Ciano, executed by firing squad after his conviction for treason. More »
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These rare photos of Adolf Hitler’s Atlantic Wall are part of journalist and photographer Guiie Ferrer’s new collection, ‘The Bunker Sessions’. More »
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Loyal to Adolf Hitler to the end, Eva Braun committed suicide with the Führer, and her fragmentary remains were buried with him for 25 years. More »
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A litany of defeats followed the Italian military victories in Ethiopia and Albania, precipitating the rapid fall from power of Benito Mussolini. More »
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During the Gran Sasso Raid (also called Operation Eiche), Otto Skorzeny led a daring mission to rescue Benito Mussolini from Italy. More »
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With her 16mm movie camera, Eva Braun captured Adolf Hitler and high-ranking Nazis during moments of leisure on the Obersalzberg in Bavaria. More »
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Hours after their marriage in the depths of the Führer’s Berlin bunker, Adolf Hitler and his longtime mistress Eva Braun took their own lives. More »
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Hermann Göring’s ‘Wunderwaffen,’ the Messerschmitt Me-262, was among several unveiled for the Führer that the Nazis hoped would turn the tide of war. More »
