German troops chose not to use the M1 Garand since its semi-automatic operation was inappropriate for combat needs. German forces obtained enemy M1 Garands on battlefields which turned out to perform the same as their standard Kar98k rifles. German …
Finding one that had crashed, the Germans first obtained a close-up view of a B-17 bomber in October 1942. They studied it at their Rechlin test center. This was significant as until December 1942 they did not capture a completely undamaged B-17. …
As a German who has served in the Bundeswehr, I met my share of former Wehrmacht soldiers. Most of them (including some of my relatives) were drafted into the Army and cannot really be considered Nazis or ex-Nazis. One of my uncles was killed in…
As many know, during World War II, when Nazi soldiers killed millions of Jews at the Holocaust, many soldiers did not know what was happening. Nazi leaders despised Jewish people and, as a result, almost all soldiers knew it. This hate was taug…