The Wound Badge /Verwundetenabzeichen, was a military decoration first promulgated by Wilhelm II German Emperor on 3 March 1918, which was awarded to wounded or frostbitten soldiers of the Imperial German Army, during World War I . Between the world wars, it was awarded to members of the German armed forces who fought on the Nationalist side of the… Read more »
William Patrick “Willy” Stuart-Houston born Hitler on 12 March 1911 was the nephew of Adolf Hitler. Born to Adolf’s half-brother, Alois Hitler, J., and his first wife, Bridget Dowling in Liverpool, Lancashire, They met in Dublin when Alois was living there in 1909; they married in Marlebone in London and moved back north to Liverpool, where William was born in 1911. In 1914, Alois left Bridget… Read more »
The first German serviceman killed in the war was killed by the Japanese (China, 1937 The first American serviceman killed was killed by the Russians (Finland 1940). 80% of Soviet males born in 1923 didn’t survive World War 2 The highest ranking American killed was Lieutenant General Lesley McNair, killed by the… Read more »
It was the female branch of the overall Nazi Party youth movement, the Hitler Youth. At first, the League consisted of two sections: the Jungmädel, or Young Girls League, for girls ages 10 to 14, and the League proper for girls ages 14 to 18. In 1938, a third section was introduced, the Belief and Beauty Society (BDM-Werk Glaube und… Read more »
Franz Stangl, the son of a night-watchman, was born in Altmünster, Austria, on 26-03-1908. After working as a weaver, Stangl joined the Austrian police in 1931 and soon afterwards the then illegal Nazi Party. After Anschluss, Stangl was quickly promoted through the ranks. In 1940, Stangl became superintendent of the T-4 Euthansia Program at the… Read more »