The possibility that Brazil entered World War II Together with Germany, the United States was very concerned, due to its probable impact on Atlantic shipping and the geographical location of the South American country, which represented an immense potential strategic base for the Axis. This led the
In 1926, in the midst of an unstable crisis situation in all aspects (political, economic and social), a coup detat in Portugal he overthrew the republican regime that a decade and a half earlier had managed to expel King Manuel II. Thus, a military dictatorship was established. known as the Nationa
During World War II, the British and Americans developed a handful of new weapons and technologies, in a race against time to get ahead of the enemy. Some worked and others were abandoned. There were weird and weird ones, like the idea of using pigeons to guide bombs. But surely none as unpleasant
One of the most curious plans designed by the German military in the Second World War -and one of the least known as well, by not carrying it out- was the Unternehmen Grün, that is, the Operation Green . The name alludes to the project of invasion of Ireland taking advantage of the circumstances of
On July 20, 1944, a young Wehrmacht officer, a blue-blooded Bavarian colonel named Klaus von Stauffenberg , secretly placed his briefcase next to Adolf Hitler during a meeting of commanders in the so-called Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschanze (Wolfs Lair), a bunker that the German dictator had in Eas
The Second World War It has that adjective because of the number of belligerent countries that took part, from all continents, but it can also be understood why the operations were carried out throughout the world; even in apparently unsuspected places such as the Indian Ocean, in its part correspon
One hundred and sixty thousand soldiers who later increased to three million, five thousand ships, one thousand two hundred planes... The numbers of Operation Overlord and its complementary Operation Neptune , names of what is more popularly known as D-Day , the famous landing in Normandy, are overw
As is known, the missiles current had as precursors to the projectiles V-1 and V-2 developed by the Luftwaffe (the German air force) since the 1930s, under the Nazi government , and put into service after 1944. The V-1 made its test flight in late 1941 and saw action in June 1944 targeting London,
During World War II there were several military bodies from various countries that joined the Wehrmacht or were with it to fight together against the USSR. We Spaniards know, fundamentally, the Blue Division, but there were other cases:Finns, Romanians, Croats, Bulgarians... In general, all with th
By the end of 1943 it was clear which side World War II was leaning towards, so the Allied leaders agreed to meet in a neutral location to establish a joint strategy for those last moments of the conflict and the subsequent management of victory. In the second half of November, the conference calls
Like the Nazis in Europe, the Japanese were not short on looting works of art, jewelry, and historical documents from all the areas they came to control in Southeast Asia during World War II. Many of these objects were never recovered, which gave rise to the Yamashita Treasure theory. . Yamashitas
To be a spy you need a series of aptitudes and skills, a lot of cold blood and a certain survival instinct. All things that he lacked Werner von Janowski , one of the worst spies in history, if not the worst. Janowski was born in 1903 in East Prussia, and very little is known about his life until
On May 15, 1940, the Netherlands officially surrendered to the German army. However, numerous ships of his navy continued the fight throughout the conflict, some because at that time they were stationed in the Dutch East Indies and others because they managed to escape to England. The Dutch Navy es
One of the lesser-known events of World War II took place in 1941, when the British, Iraqis, Germans and Italians locked in a battle for control of the Mesopotamian country. The campaign, which is known as Operation Sabine o Anglo-Iraqi War, lasted just a month and a half but played a decisive role
The northernmost part of Norway, the one that borders Russia to the East and prevents Sweden and Finland from having access to the Arctic Ocean, is the province of Finnmark . It is currently the largest county in Norway. Its extension is such that it is even larger than, for example, Denmark. But
After the fall of France in June 1940, Hitler considered invading Spain and North Africa. Finally, those plans were discarded and Germany sought the complicity of General Francos regime to allow the Nazi troops to take Gibraltar, which would later allow them to launch an offensive against the French
Friedrich Mayer was born in Freiburg im Breisgau, in a Jewish family whose father was decorated in the First World War at the service of the Imperial German Army. But the rise of the Nazis to power in 1933 and the growing anti-Semitism in German society made the family decide to emigrate to the Unit
The story of how Germany invaded France, Belgium and the Netherlands in an operation that began on May 10, 1940 is well known. But perhaps not so much that the French launched an invasion against Germany in September 1939 , which makes this operation the first on the Western Front during World War I
One of the most famous moments of World War II is the Great Escape , made popular by the unforgettable 1963 film starring Steve McQueen. The events occurred in March 1944, when three prisoners managed to escape from the German prison camp Stalag Luft III (even though the plan was to get many more ou
What is the largest relief map of the world ? It seems that such a distinction corresponds to the so-called The Great Polish Map of Scotland , a gigantic model of 50 meters long by 40 wide that is located on the grounds of Barony Castle, on the outskirts of Eddleston, near Peebles, in the heart of
October 25, 1772 (Pont-à-Mousson) - May 23, 1813 (Niedermackersdorf, near Gôrlitz) Portrait of Duroc Of noble stock, Duroc left the school of ChâIons as a lieutenant in 1793. Sent to the army in Italy, he became Bonapartes aide-de-camp there and, promoted to battalion commander, followed him to
Montezuma Castle National Monument , archaeological site in Central Arizona , United States The memorial is located in the Verde River Valley northeast of Camp Verde and approximately 20 miles southeast of Tuzigoot National Monument . Founded in 1906, they has an area of 1.3 square -
On July 20, 1944, a young Wehrmacht officer, a blue-blooded Bavarian colonel named Klaus von Stauffenberg , secretly placed his briefcase next to Adolf Hitler during a meeting of commanders in the so-called Führerhauptquartier Wolfsschanze (Wolfs Lair), a bunker that the German dictator had in Eas
Throughout the history of mankind, the color blue has been one of the most valued, identified for this reason with royalty and divinity, due to the difficulty of obtaining it. Blue pigments have been used since ancient times, but later than others such as red, black, brown or ochre, which are easie