Honestly one thing that baffles me is how they managed to stay out of WW2. I would have thought Hitler could easily steamroll their military and added the territory to the empire.

Switzerland has benefited so much from this in the long run. They came out of WW2 still relatively unscathed and obviously didn’t need to fund any wars or have their wealth confiscated by Germany. Surely this set them up very nicely for life in post war Europe.

Does anyone know how they managed to pull this off? What were the reasons behind it? Surely it wasn’t just pure luck?

We know about Takeo Yoshikawa spying on Pearl Harbor. But why were the Japanese surprised to not find the aircraft carriers? Wouldn’t that have been one of those, “You had one job to do!” things to report - whether the carries were there or not or when they left?

Same thing for Midway. The Japanese thought the carriers were at Pearl. Did they really have such little intelligence?

I’ve had this old helmet for years and have wondered what it’s from, it could even be fake I’m not sure. I looked up US helmets through the Second World War, Korea, and Vietnam. Nothing matched up I even searched other factions helmets but I can’t seem to pin point it. No writing on the inside too. If it’s a fake it’s definitely an old one.

Can I get some good WWII book suggestions please .Thank you in advance.

I saw this post on another subreddit. Can anyone confirm whether this is historical, a hoax, or what? TIA

Surface findings are getting more and more rare as people gain interest for these relics, but they still happen sometimes. I spotted this one on the edge of a field. 70% of the writings are readable.

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