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- Article by Matthias Ouwejan
- Published on January 19th, 2025
Rise and fall of the Panzerarmee Afrika
North-Africa was a battlefront opened by Adolf Hitler in 1941 after the Italians had suffered a massive defeat in the battle of Beda Fomm against the British, between February 5 and 7, 1941. That battle was the climax of Operation Compass, which the British had launched on December 9, 1940. The Italians were then pushed back to El Agheila and as a result of the massive Allied advance of 497 miles in two months and the losses the Italians suffered, Germany got involved in the battle.
- Article by Kevin Prenger
- Published on January 19th, 2025
Waffen-SS
During he Second World War the troops of the Waffen-SS were feared because of their ruthlessness, cruelty and fanatical battle-readiness. A myth was established around the Waffen-SS as a politically oriented elite corps which did not know any limits in their fighting for the national socialism. The Waffen-SS troops were unconditionally faithful to Adolf Hitler and to their leaders, which was emphasized by their motto: “Meine Ehre heisst Treue” [My honor is called faithfulness]. When after the war the facts about the Waffen-SS more and more replaced the myth, it appeared that the Waffen-SS was not at all the political elite troop that many had estimated it to be.
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