Gotthard Heinrici
Waffen SS General Felix Steiner’s WWII Legacy
By Pat McTaggart“Where is Steiner?” Adolf Hitler demanded as his Thousand Year Reich crumbled around him in April 1945. “Is he attacking yet?” Read more
Gotthard Heinrici
Prague Uprising in the Spring of 1945
By Pat McTaggartThe first days of May 1945 found the German war machine in absolute chaos. Berlin had fallen, and entire German armies were surrendering en masse. Read more
Gotthard Heinrici
The Soviet Winter Offensive: From the Vistula to the Oder
By Henrik Lunde The Situation in the East, Summer 1944The area between the Baltic Sea and the Carpathian Mountains had been relatively quiet since the end of Operation Bagration late in the summer of 1944. Read more
Gotthard Heinrici
The Demyansk Pocket: Disaster For Germany’s Scandinavian Volunteers
By Henrik LundeOn the surface it may seem odd that men of conquered nations would eagerly sign up to fight for their masters, but that is exactly what happened in Scandinavia in the 1940s. Read more
Gotthard Heinrici
Heinrich Himmler: The Rise and Fall of Hitler’s Third Reichsführer-SS
By Blaine TaylorOn the evening of May 23, 1945, in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, five men in a British Army jeep were driving down a dark road. Read more
