Tag Archives: Hitler

Leaving Germany

Posted on May 5, 2026 by Caryn

With the end of World War II in 1945, the United States, Great Britain, and France took control of western Germany, including the western half of Berlin, which was located deep in the east. The Soviet Union occupied eastern Germany … Continue reading →

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Hitler Earned The Iron Cross

Posted on October 15, 2025 by Caryn

On October 14, 1918, during the fighting in the Ypres Salient in Belgium, then Corporal Adolf Hitler was among the Germans who were wounded. Temporarily blinded by a British gas shell, he was evacuated to a military hospital in Pasewalk, … Continue reading →

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Dispelling The “Aryan ‘Master Race’ Myth”

Posted on August 4, 2025 by Caryn

The 1936 Summer Olympics began on August 4, 1936, in Berlin, Germany. The German Fuhrer, Adolf Hitler was in the process of putting his notion of an Aryan “Master Race” on the world stage. This would be one of the … Continue reading →

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Not One Step Backward

Posted on July 28, 2025 by Caryn

I guess in a war, sometimes it all comes down to who you are more afraid of. That was the position the Russian soldiers found themselves in on July 28, 1942. After an agreement not to invade each other’s nation, … Continue reading →

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Exactly What Hitler Wanted

Posted on March 23, 2024 by Caryn

Adolf Hitler was quite possibly one of the most insane people of all time, but apparently much of the hateful things he did were actually done under the influence of Opioids and Meth. Does that excuse his behavior? Absolutely not. Even on opioids and meth, Continue reading →

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The Lion Of Africa

Posted on November 25, 2023 by Caryn

Japan entered World War I as a member of the Allies on August 23, 1914. Assisting the Allies with the war effort was not their reason for doing so, however. Once in, Japan seized the opportunity of Imperial Germany’s distraction with the European War to expand its sphere of influence in China and the Pacific. Continue reading →

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The Argument For Citizenship

Posted on September 15, 2023 by Caryn

There are certain situations when I think citizenship is a must have element, and some that I think “natural-born” citizenship is absolutely essential. On September 15, 1935, German Jews were stripped of their citizenship, reducing them to mere “subjects” of the state. This heinous crime was carried out Continue reading →

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Zeppelin Bomber

Posted on September 8, 2023 by Caryn

The first power-driven airship was built by a French inventor decades before the Zeppelin was developed by German inventor Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin in 1900. The Zeppelin was a motor-driven rigid airship. The earlier airships were smaller, but Hilter always wanted the most innovative, Continue reading →

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Germany Invades Poland

Posted on September 1, 2023 by Caryn

As we all know, Adolph Hitler was a liar and a murderer. He really never made a move that wasn’t calculated and devious. On September 1, 1939, German forces under the control of Adolf Hitler bombarded Poland on land and from the air. The invasion was more than just a taking of territory. Continue reading →

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Switching Sides

Posted on August 23, 2023 by Caryn

When countries choose sides in a war, there isn’t normally much chance that they will switch sides, but that is exactly what happened to Romania…and in fact, there were four countries that switched sides in that war, so maybe it isn’t so uncommon after all. At the start of the war Romania was allied and Poland and pro-British. Continue reading →

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