On July 15, 1945, a jailer in the Parisian prison of Cherche-midi , the same one in which the famous Alfred Dreyfuss had been imprisoned, made a macabre discovery in one of the isolation cells:the inmate who occupied it awaiting trial for war crimes had hanged himself . His name was Kurt Gerstein an
The Espiritu Santo island It is the largest of all those that make up the Melanesian country of Vanuatu , northeastern Australia. All of Vanuatu is a popular destination for diving tourism, but this island also has an extra attraction, the Million Dollar Point , where submerging a few meters can rep
The history of the Second World War is full of heroic actions carried out by men and women, often little known but whose work was essential in the discourse of war. Women actively participated in virtually all aspects of the conflict, both military and civilian. For example, the British intelligenc
Paul Fackenheim, alias Koch, was a German Jew who became a spy for the Nazis during World War II. Although he did not do it of his own free will but to get rid of a worse fate and try to save his family from him. Fackenheim was a World War I veteran decorated for his bravery in combat, and a staunc
Between controversy and emotion, the case of Anne Frank has practically monopolized the interest in personal impressions of ordinary citizens in the context of the Second World War . But at least there is another similar case that took place on the Russian front, specifically during the Siege of Len
Although the usual image we have of the concentration camps in World War II is that of the Germans, in fact the Allies also set up theirs for the Axis prisoners. We saw one of those cases here not long ago, with the half thousand of those commonly called Fritz Ritz built on US soil. Now, in the Unit
Throughout modern history, armies have used the most advanced technologies of the moment. Sometimes it is precisely wars that cause their development, and other times existing tools have been adapted to new military uses. Bicycles are a good example, used by the US 25th Infantry Cyclist Corps in 189
At the end of April 1945 and for ten days, the Allies carried out the most dangerous air mission operated by bombers in the entire Second World War. And it wasnt about bombing strategic targets, on the contrary, it was about a humanitarian mission. In the spring of that year 1945, with the Allied a
Place yourself in the historical and geographical context. Place:the Orkney Islands , north of Scotland. Period:mid-World War II. Protagonists:the Italian prisoners confined in that archipelago to help in the construction work of the so-called Churchill Barriers , a series of dikes that were suppose
Despite the fact that Spain declared itself neutral during the Second World War, throughout the campaign it maintained an ambiguous position regarding the conflict, and a policy that changed depending on the winds. An example is the declaration of war on Japan in the last months of the war, a declar
The British American Air Museum has just created an animated infographic in which you can see the evolution of the allied bombings in western Europe during the Second World War . Each point where bombs were dropped is highlighted, indicating the date, campaign and total tons. The blue dots correspo
Heligoland (in German Heligoland) and Düne They are two tiny islands that are located in the North Sea and belong to the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein, seventy kilometers from the continental coast, although in other times they belonged to Denmark and the United Kingdom. They are real
World War II was not only a battle for resources and territory, it was also a war in which information played a very important role, with all parties to the conflict involved in intelligence and counter-intelligence operations. One of the most important aspects was the weather forecast , something
History remembers Paul von Hindenburg , the second president of the Weimar Republic, as the man who brought the Nazis to power. Even though he was a convinced monarchist, he had accepted the presidency pressured by the conservative parties, when his state of health must have already been seriously d
The Globe for State and Industry Leaders It is the official name given to a model of a balloon that was built in the 1930s in Berlin for Hitler and the Nazi party. It would later be popularized through the parody of Charles Chaplin in The Great Dictator . Only two editions were manufactured. of the
Throughout history there are multiple examples of the use of animals for war. And to be more specific, as weapons of war itself. Even germ warfare has roots that go back beyond antiquity, as Adrienne Mayor brilliantly exposed in her fantastic book Greek Fire, Poison Arrows &Scorpion Bombs. But in m
Mark Wilson is a London photographer who has been documenting the changes that man has made to the landscape for 15 years. His latest project has been The Last Stand , where he picks up the traces of the wars of the 20th century that still remain in the United Kingdom and northern Europe. The Las
The common image of Stalin is that of an absolute dictator whose position in command of the USSR he was almost omnipotent, firm and immovable. The truth is that there was a moment when he faltered or, at least, he himself believed. It was when the Wehrmacht unleashed Operation Barbarossa , launchin
What would have happened if Nazi spies had killed the three Allied presidents, Roosevelt, Churchill and Stalin, at the Tehran Conference in late November 1943? The meeting of the three, which took place at the British embassy in the Iranian capital, had a single purpose:to rid the world of Adolf Hi
If someone believes that the use of stimulant drugs to increase performance is the exclusive domain of sport is mistaken, as will anyone who thinks that methamphetamine It doesnt go beyond the world Walter White plunges into in Breaking Bad . Both things come together when it comes to reinforcing th
The Italian peninsula, located in the southern part of the continent of Europe, is organized as a country since AD 1861, between latitudes 35 to 47 degrees north and longitudes 6 to 19 degrees east. The original name of this country is Repubblica Italiana in the native language of Italy, Latin and
In 1972, the French Yves Coppens (paleontologist) and Maurice Taïeb (geologist), as well as the American Donald Johanson (paleoanthropologist) created the International Afar Research Expedition (IARE). This expedition allows French and American researchers to work together and share their knowledge.
If some scientists had mentioned that the Earth can revolve around the sun, what is called heliocentrism (helios meaning sun in Greek), like Philolaos of Croton (Ve century BC) or Aristarchus of Samos (IIIth century BC), their theories have not, according to Archimedes, been studied. Ptolemy and Ari
About 85 kilometers from Florence is the city of Pisa where the Leaning Tower is located. Galileo, the inventor of the telescope, was born in this city of Pisa in AD 1564. We reached the railway station on time. There is a train from Florence to Pisa every half hour. There were many halls in which t