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How the Italians Attacked the Royal Navy in Alexandria with Manned Torpedoes in World War II
4+ hour, 45+ min ago (391+ words) The initiative proved successful, so during the Ethiopian campaign the Flottiglia MAS was created and equipped with other weapons. The one that interests us here is the self-propelled Rosetti torpedo, named after its designer, Raffaele Rosetti, but popularly nicknamed Mignatta....
The tactic that could have prolonged the war and prevented the Normandy landings, had German submarines used i
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (367+ words) A study reveals that the German Navy's persistence in a direct attack tactic, instead of massive long-range bombardment, deprived the U-boat campaign of an effectiveness that could have significantly prolonged the war, altering the timetable of the Allied landings in…...
“The Victory of Faith”, the Nazi Propaganda Documentary That Hitler Ordered Destroyed
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (307+ words) There were also internal disputes over ensuring that the ministry appeared as the producer instead of the party. Nonetheless, filming finally began with production by the NSDAP itself, and Leni was able to count on the help of a prestigious…...
The Bielski Family, a Group of Jewish Partisans Who Fought the Nazis in Poland and Belarus
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (91+ words) This article was first published on our Spanish Edition on August 24, 2018: Los Bielski, una familia de partisanos jud'os que combati" a los nazis en Polonia y Bielorrusia Franziska Reiniger, Solidarity in the Forest " The Bielski Brothers Allan Levine, Fugitives of…...
The Incredible Story of the U.S. Submarine That Torpedoed Itself, And Sailors Escaped From 180 Feet Below
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (1060+ words) Built at the Mare Island Naval Shipyard in California and launched in August 1943, named after a type of tropical fish, it belonged to the Balao class, a version of the Cat with a thicker hull, which allowed it to dive…...
Sonderkommando Elbe, the German pilots who tried to bring down enemy bombers by ramming them
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (544+ words) It is thus understandable that, gripped by desperate fanaticism during the period between late 1944 and early 1945, when the war had clearly tilted in favor of the Allies, he had no qualms about endorsing a concept that had already begun circulating…...
A Vast Merovingian Cemetery Used for Over Seven Centuries Found at the Site Where Chilperic I Was Assassinated
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (790+ words) In Noisy-le-Grand, about 15 kilometers east of Paris, lies one of the most extensive and best-preserved Merovingian-era medieval cemeteries in "le-de-France, the necropolis of Les Mastraits. Its first tombs were identified in 2008, and to date, more than a thousand graves have…...
The Battle of Thermopylae in Which No Greek Soldier Participated: April 1941
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (414+ words) A staunch Nazi, despite his reputation for servility toward Hitler, he was a highly effective commander who had transformed the Waffen SS from a paramilitary organization into an elite unit. Later, in 1944, he would prove himself capable of managing large…...