Tag Archives: World War I

Franz Buchner

Lieutenant Franz Buchner (1898-1920) was a high-scoring German air ace of the First World War, achieving 40 ‘kills’ during 1917 and 1918. Born on 2 January 1898 in Leipzig Buchner enlisted with the German Army – the infantry – in 1914 while aged 16.  He was posted to service on the Eastern Front in 1915 following recuperation [...]

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The Battle of Otranto Straits, 1917

Having mounted a series of ongoing assaults upon the AlliedOtranto Barrage in the Mediterranean – usually whenever one of their submarines was lost to an unknown cause – the Austro-Hungarian Navy determined to launch a concerted attack on the night of 14/15 May 1917. The attack, planned by then-Captain MiklosHorthy de Nagybanya, was led by three [...]

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General Sir John Davison on the Third Battle of Ypres, 1917

The Third Battle of Ypres - commonly referred to simply as a ‘Passchendaele’ – is commonly cited today as an example (along with the July 1916 Battle of the Somme) of British Commander-in-ChiefSir Douglas Haig’s enormously costly attritional war strategy. In heavy rain and glutinous mud predominantly British troops eventually succeeded in capturing the small village of Passchendaele in [...]

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Party Comrades!

We have recently heard the Führer speak twice. As always when the Führer speaks, his words fill our thoughts and feelings. They reach the individual as well as the nation. A Führer speech always has effects that last a long time, for weeks, and leaves citizens especially open to the great questions of the day. [...]

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The Empire Strikes Back

In the Spring of 70, Julius Civilis was at the zenith of his power. Frisians, Cananefates, the Cugernians of Vetera, the Ubians of Cologne, the Tungrians of Tongeren, and the Nervians all recognized the superiority of the Batavians, and in the south, the Lingones and Trevirans were fighting against Rome as well. However, since Civilis [...]

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German Soldiers as Witnesses against Bolshevism

The homeland hears about events at the front in an unbelievably short time. German radio often brings reports in the evening of deeds of arms that occurred only a few hours earlier, and the German newsreel includes pictures brought by air directly from the battlefields. The German people have almost direct contact with the accomplishments [...]

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Our Faith: Pan-Judah will be Destroyed What the Stürmer Prophesied Five Years Ago by Ernst Hiemer

The Stürmer released a special edition titled “The Warmonger” during the 1938 party rally. In its introduction back then, the Stürmer wrote: “The whole world is full of uncertainty and tension. States mobilize, peoples are driven into rage and hatred and a state of war. Who is inciting this second world war? Read this special edition slowly and carefully! [...]

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The Call of Duty by Joseph Goebbels

The one good aspect to 20 July was that it brought each of us to attention. Suddenly the nation stood before an abyss and peered into its terrifying depth. Everyone realized what the failed attempt against the Führer and his top military advisors would have meant. The whole nation realized that its very existence might [...]

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Hitler Assumes Direct Command In Proclamation to the German Army (December 21, 1941)

When the Führer personally took over on Feb. 4, 1938, command over the entire armed forces, this was done out of concern for the then threatening struggle for the freedom of the German people. Reasons of state imperatively demanded coordination of the forces in one hand. Only in this manner could preparations be made for [...]

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Youth and the War by Joseph Goebbels

This Sunday afternoon, the Youth Film Festival for the winter 1940/41 opens, held in conjunction with the Hitler Youth, the League of German Girls, and the Reich Propaganda Office of the NSDAP. As was the case last year, it will have an extraordinarily important role in youth work. The Youth Film Festival began in 1934/35. [...]

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