This web page contains links to articles about different World War II
history subjects written by Ray and Josephine Cowdery. 

Hermann Goering

HERMANN GÖRINGs CARINHALL ESTATE

A history and rare photographs of the country estate of World War I
aviation hero, Third Reich Minister of Aviation and State Forestry
and Hunting Master of Germany, Hermann Göring.

 
Mussolini

BENITO MUSSOLINI AND HIS SURVIVORS

A story about Il Duce, Benito Mussolini, his immediate family
and what happened to them after his death on 28 April 1945.

 
Flakturm

WORLD WAR II FLAK TOWERS IN VIENNA

Background information on the three colossal Flak towers built to defend Vienna, the second largest city of Hitler's Greater Germany, and the success of the US 15th Air Force in reducing most of their targets to rubble, in spite of the Flak towers.

 
WW2 jeep

HOW THE JEEP GOT ITS NAME

Nobody needs to debate the etymology of the name 'jeep' as it was applied to WW II American military 1/4-ton 4x4 trucks, as the genesis of that name is crystal clear.

 
Berlin

FRENCH ARMISTICE TRAIN CAR TRAVELS TO BERLIN

An article about moving the French Surrender Train Car from Compiègne,
France to Berlin, Germany in June 1940 on orders of Adolf HItler himself.

 
Wegweiser

RARE PHOTOS FROM THE ARCHIVES OF THE COWDERYS

Miscellaneous historical photographs.

 

More coming soon....

WW2 history articles by Ray & Josephine Cowdery
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