Nazi Germany

New Sources Reveal Why Germans Joined Hitler’s Nazi Party
There are countless theories as to why so many Germans joined Hitler’s party, the National Socialist German Workers’ Party (NSDAP), but it is a subject that has seen relatively little...

The Nazis Planned to Defeat the UK With Counterfeit Bank Notes
The United States Department of Treasury currently estimates that there are around $70 million counterfeit bills were in circulation, a number that is quickly on the rise. In 2016, $30 million in counterfeit bills was recovered...

Bad Move Adolf: Hitler Came to Regret Taking on the United States
Here’s What You Need to Remember: U.S. participation in the Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO), designed to destroy German industry and morale and drive the Third Reich from the war, might also...

If Nazi Germany Had The Bomb, How Would They Have Used It?
Here’s What You Need To Remember: If hard-pressed by the Red Army, Germany could have used its weapons for tactical effect. An atomic weapon could have had a devastating impact on...

How Hitler Began His Rise to Power From a Prison Cell
Here’s What You Need to Know: Prison afforded him the leisure and focus to write Mein Kampf. On April 1, 1924, 34-year-old Adolf Hitler — a socially awkward painter and former soldier from Austria — arrived...

Operation Paperclip: How America Learned From Nazi Weapons
Here’s What You Need to Know: America did built some of its weapons based on what it learned from the Nazis, but overall the haul was disappointing. Before the guns fell...

Did Hitler Somehow Survive World War II? The CIA Was Worried 1955
Here’s What You Need to Know: Hitler died in Berlin, but the myth of his escape lives on. A document on the Central Intelligence Agency’s website makes an explosive, if outlandish, claim:...