Category: World Wars

21 Interesting facts about WW2 – Part 3

Nayden Kostov | April 29, 2015

In September 1941, Germany took 665,000 Red Army PoWs in Ukraine. Next month, another 663,000 Soviet soldiers surrendered. Soviet Army trained dogs to blow up tanks with strapped

World War I

26 Interesting facts about WW1 battles

Nayden Kostov | April 8, 2015

Millions of soldiers suffered “shell shock”, what we call today posttraumatic stress disorder. U.S. government granted Native Americans citizenship only in 1924; yet more than 12,000 of them

World War I

23 Lesser known World War One Facts

Nayden Kostov | April 8, 2015

In 1916, there were over one million causalities in what’s known as the Battle of Verdun. Artillery harvested 2/3 of the soldiers, died on the battlefield. France was

World War II

28 Interesting facts about WW2 – Part 2

Nayden Kostov | April 1, 2015

Kamikaze means divine wind. Japanese referred to an event from their history when a storm destroyed the entire fleet of the enemy. Kamikaze tactic was suggested in October

World War I

WORLD WAR I FACTS – INTRO FROM THE AUTOR

Nayden Kostov | February 25, 2015

WWI began on June 28, 1914, when a Serbian terrorist assassinated the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. The war had actually not been a surprise, after four decades

World War I

27 facts about ww1 battles and weapons

Nayden Kostov | February 25, 2015

150,000 Chinese labourers were digging trenches on the Western Front. They were known as the Chinese Labour Corps. Tanks received their names due to early attempts to be

World War I

24 Interesting world war 1 facts

Nayden Kostov | February 25, 2015

Ocean liner Olympic, a copy of Titanic, was the only merchant ship in the war to sink an enemy warship. She rammed a German U-boat. In the Battle

World War II

World War II Facts – Intro from the autor

Nayden Kostov | February 18, 2015

In our mind, WWII is inevitably intertwined with the Holocaust, even if its victims are only a small portion of the total death toll. In fact, so many

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