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What Happened When Hitler Took On Germany’s Central Banker
Hans Luther was the principled and respected president of the Reichsbank—but he wouldn’t accede to Hitler’s demands.
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Retreat from Kharkov: The SS Disobeys Hitler’s Orders in a Last-Minute Escape
As Soviet divisions closed in on Kharkov, German forces faced collapse. SS General Hausser made a fateful decision to withdraw, defying direct orders from Hitler. What followed was a harrowing ...
Inside Hitler's Secretive WWII Plot to Build the World's First Ballistic ’Vengeance Weapons’
Discover how Allied forces and brilliant women analysts uncovered and delayed Hitler’s V2 rocket program, saving countless ...
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The Ally Who Refused Hitler: How Finland Helped Save Leningrad
As Operation Barbarossa stormed east, Hitler expected full Finnish support to crush Leningrad. But Marshal Mannerheim had ...
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Leningrad Must Fall: Hitler’s Plan to Erase a City and Cripple the Soviets
Adolf Hitler saw Leningrad not just as a military target, but as a symbol of communism that had to be destroyed. This episode ...
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When Nazi Aviation Crossed a Line Even Hitler Hesitated To
As the war collapsed around them, Germany looked to suicide missions. The result: a cockpit-welded V-1 bomb piloted by ...
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Leibstandarte: Hitler’s Elite Division That Crushed Poland and Fought to the Last Man
From Himmler’s Death’s Head formations to the mechanized fury of the Blitzkrieg, the 1st SS Panzer Division Leibstandarte ...
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Hitler’s Bodyguard vs Patton’s Armor: The Last Stand in the Frozen Ardennes
In the icy forests of Belgium, Hitler’s elite SS Leibstandarte faced off against Patton’s Third Army in one of WWII’s most ...
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Finland Joins the Siege: How Hitler’s Northern Ally Sealed Leningrad’s Fate
While German forces approached from the south, Finland closed in from the north—completing the noose around Leningrad. Driven ...
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The SS Blitz Through Holland: How Hitler's Elite Crushed the Dutch in Days
On May 10th, 1940, Hitler unleashed his elite SS troops into the Netherlands with orders to break through without mercy. As Kurt Meyer’s stormtroopers charged into De Popper, the Dutch defenders were ...
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Forged by Fire: How the SS Became Hitler’s Political Warriors
Between brutal training drills and live-fire exercises, a new class of warrior was being shaped for political warfare.