On April 29th, 1945, General Heinrich Gestapo Muller, head of that feared Nazi organisation, left Hitler's bunker and disappeared. Today over a half a Century later, he is still carried on the books of the German Office of Investigation of Nazi war crimes as their No. 1 wanted man - The question is [...]

The U.S. Army regards the Hurtgen Forest as one of the most desperate battles it has ever fought. Flanking the key German city of Aachen, the forest was one of the formidable natural barriers interspersed with German fortifications in the West Wall in September 1944.[...]

The vast number of written accounts studying the British Special Forces in the Second World War overlook the fact that the Germans were actually the first to utilize this unconventional style of warfare. Indeed, two days before the official declaration of war German commando units disguised as Poles[...]

Skorzeny was one of the most daring figures of the 20th Century. His exploits included the rescue of Mussolini from his mountain prison, a brief affair with Eva Peron, a blackmail attempt on Winston Churchill and the kidnapping of the son of the wartime dictator of Hungary. Eisenhower declared him "[...]

Charles Whiting tells the dramatic story of General George Patton's final months, following him over the Rhine to help deliver the fatal blows to Hitler's Third Reich, to his death, in bed, in December 1945.[...]

Hitlers elitsoldater i Leibstandarte SS skulle utgöra den tyska krigsmaktens spjutspets. Men där striderna rasade som värst blev också förlusterna som störst. Många gick under när nazisterna på front efter front tvingades retirera från amerikanska, brittiska och sovjetiska trupper. Och i t[...]

Så sent som 4 januari 1945 gjorde general Patton följande notering i sin dagbok: Vi kan fortfarande förlora detta krig. Eisenhowers arméer hade vid den tidpunkten förlorat mer än 300 000 man i strid och de befann sig fortfarande på samma positioner som de hade vunnit tre månader tidigare. Ty[...]

Så sent som 4 januari 1945 gjorde general Patton följande notering i sin dagbok: Vi kan fortfarande förlora detta krig. Eisenhowers arméer hade vid den tidpunkten förlorat mer än 300 000 män i strid och de befann sig fortfarande på samma positioner som de hade vunnit tre månader tidigare. T[...]