Hitler envisaged the star turn of his Ardennes offensive to be the Sixth Panzer Army, an entirely new creation. That it was to be led by the Waffen-SS’s senior field commander, and contain four SS panzer divisions, was no accident. This was another of the Führer’s responses to 20 July: thereafter the only organisation with […]…
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We Accept Death, We Hand Out Death II
The forty-three-year-old Gruppenführer Hermann Priess commanded the I SS Corps, formerly Sepp Dietrich’s old formation, which contained 1st and 12th Panzer Divisions, totalling around 240 panzers on 16 December. We have seen via Dietrich’s career how the Leibstandarte expanded from a motorised regiment in 1939 to the largest division in the armed forces by December […]…
Transition to Third-Generation Warfare
For further reading on this subject. I highly recommend The Breaking Point, Sedan and the Fall of France 1940. At 4:45 a.m. on September 1, 1939, the German army invaded Poland. By September 19, they forced the surrender of the last Polish army in the field. Eight days later, they completed mopping up the…
The Cavalry of the Wehrmacht Book Review
I am always on the lookout for the more obscure WW2 books and this looks to be fascinating.
When Men were Men: Fitzroy Maclean
With all of this pansy ass liberalism trying to turn our young boys men into girls through feminist ideology and transgender non-sense, I thought I would create a section where Masculinity was CELEBRATED by telling the stories of awesome MEN through the ages who not only represented the Male Species with flare but also defended…
Bataan: A 70th Anniversary Commemoration | New Mexico PBS
So you think you got it tough because you have to sit home during a Pandemic? How about using this time to teach the Younger Generation about some REAL heroes who went through literal HELL ON EARTH and survived!
SOE / SIS Cooperation
Originally posted on The Special Operations Executive in Burma 1941-1945: Much has often made of the fractious relationship between the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS,) and the Special Operations Executive (SOE). The words used to sum up the problem between the two organisations is often something along the lines of SIS needed peace and quiet to… via…
The Last Living Paratrooper from MacArthur’s return …..
Amazing Story. Thanks GP!
Know Your History: WW2 Trifecta
Some Light Reading… This Panzer Ace Destroyed More Than A Dozen British Tanks Operation Queen: The Western Allied November 1944 Offensive Ireland Was Neutral in World War II, so Why Did the Nazis Attack It?
The Deadliest Marksman’s Cold, Brave Stand
The Deadliest Marksman’s Cold, Brave Stand Who gives two shits about the number of kills? 500 or 200, it’s BEYOND AMAZING the guy did it with IRON SIGHTS in Below Zero temps! This is one of the most amazing stories of partisan resilience on historical record. Let’s all learn something from it. Stay Alert, Armed…