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Allied Strategic Bombing of Germany, 1940 - 1945 - Aerial Campaigns Targeting Nazi Germany’s Industry, Infrastructure, and Morale
This map illustrates the scale and impact of Allied strategic bombing operations against Nazi Germany from 1940 to 1945. Conducted by the...
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Map of the Limes in Bavaria, Germany
Map showing the sights along the German Limes Road (German: Deutsche Limes-Straße) in Bavaria in Germany. The Upper German-Raetian Limes forms the frontier of the Roman Empire between the rivers Rhine and Danube...
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Map of the Limes in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
Map showing the sights along the German Limes Road (German: Deutsche Limes-Straße) in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. The Upper German-Raetian Limes forms the frontier of the Roman Empire...
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Burg Eltz, Germany
Burg Eltz is one of Germany's best-preserved medieval castles, nested on a 70 metre (229 ft) high rock, hidden away in one of the Mosel river's side valleys. The Counts of Eltz have had their seat here since 1157 CE. It is still...
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Rudolf Hess
Rudolf Hess (1894-1987) was deputy leader of the German Nazi Party and a key figure in the fascist regime of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) until his bizarre decision in 1941 to fly to Scotland. Hess believed he could persuade Britain to...
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Saalburg Roman Fort, Germany
The Saalburg is a reconstructed Roman cohort fort located northwest of Bad Homburg in Hesse (Germany) and belonging to the Limes Germanicus. This fort served for 150 years as a base for frontier troops stationed along...
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Map of Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany’s Invasion of USSR - World War II’s decisive 1941 campaign in the East
Operation Barbarossa (22 June–December 1941) was the codename for Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union during the Second World War (1939–1945...
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Kristallnacht - The Infamous Nazi Attack on Jewish People
The Kristallnacht (Reichkristallnacht, 'Night of Broken Glass', or November Pogrom) was an attack on Jews and Jewish property across Germany and Austria on 9-10 November 1938. Orchestrated as part...
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Nuremberg Laws
The Nuremberg Laws of September 1935 were a set of racial laws which set out a number of restrictions on Jewish people such as depriving them of the right to German citizenship and right to marry non-Jews. Amendments to the laws...
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Map of the Limes in Baden Württemberg, Germany
Map showing the sights along the German Limes Road (German: Deutsche Limes-Straße) in the state of Baden Württemberg in Germany. The Upper German-Raetian Limes forms the frontier of the Roman Empire between...