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Discovering a Network
While Operation Ruppert had to be done to such secrecy, the OSS rarely received any information about Vinogradov, if ever. It wouldn’t be until April of 1945, when Vinogradov made contact again with the Allies, who have helped in this spy mission. However, upon his return he would bring back very important information. During his…
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Ghost in Argentina
In 1945 the police in Argentina received a report that there was a German U-Boat seen signaling to the coast. The police arrested thinking it was part of a prank. But the next morning, when the police went out to investigate the site, they found tire marks on the beach. The police, doing their jobs,…
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Hitler’s Escape
Little do people know Hitler bunker office, had a secret tunnel that would lead to the subway. On that fateful day, Hitler escaped out though to metro, for transportation to a nearby makeshift airfield. There they found a Junkers Ju-52 fueled and ready to go. It was 3 am at night and the weather was…
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Goebbels’s Final Act
Joeseph Goebbels was Hiter’s propaganda minister. Born in 1897, joined the Nazi party in 1924, at number 8762. While Hitler was in prison, for the Beerhall Putsch, Goebbels’s helped run the party. Even when the Nazis could wear uniforms, he found clever was with uniting the groups by marching, wear cooking wear and paper hats…
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The Secret Fortress(es)
The next step into Operation Eagle Flight was to create a new version of Germany in Argentina. This new place that they were building was something that would need to be able to house and take care of many high-ranking Germans. Martin Borman literally had to make a new Germany, for 30,000 Germans. This new…
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Operation Eagle Flight
In the early forties, the world had turned on Germany, and what seemed as like a winning war, quickly turned into an imminent defeat. While the Germans were still fighting, in August 1944, Martin Borman, was given a task, to plan Operation Eagle Flight. This was a secret plan, that would be aimed at helping…
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Escaping the Soviets
As World War Two drug on, the red army advanced closer and closer to Berlin. Many people who help the Germans tried escaping to the west, and into the hands of the allies, where they though that they would be treated more fairly. Millions of refugees from Germany, Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Romania, and the Baltic…
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Stephan Bandera and OUN
OUN or Organization of Ukrainian Nationalists, was a paramilitary which was first organized in 1920 to help fight for Ukrainian independence. They originally formed in Prague, after the Soviets took over Ukraine after World War 1. Before World War Two OUN was a terrorist organization which mainly focused on attacking Polish Officials, who were deemed…
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Operation Zepplin
Operation Barbarossa commenced in June 1941, where the Germans invaded the Soviet Union. Many Russians who felt betrayed and mistreated by the Soviet, didn’t want to fight for the communist. This led to many disenfranchised Russian to surrender. Over the course of a year this amounted to many prisoners of war falling into the German’s…
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Lithuanian Activist Front
One lesser-known fight, which the Americans studied was the June Uprising. This was an uprising which occurred when the Germans attacked Soviet occupied Lithuania, and Lithuanian nationalist rose up to help the Germans. It occurred after the Soviet Union invaded Lithuania, many Lithuanians were humiliated and mistreated by the new occupiers. They did many mean…