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WWII Untold

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The obscure, forgotten, and overlooked stories of the Second World War — told as they deserve to be. A Black Elk Media production.

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The Last Battle: When Americans and Germans Fought the SS Together 08.07.2026 19:00

On May 5, 1945, soldiers of the US 12th Armored Division, Wehrmacht Major Josef Gangl and his defecting troops, Austrian resistance fighters, and French VIP prisoners — including former prime ministers Paul Reynaud and Édouard Daladier — defended Castle Itter in the Austrian Alps against a 17th SS Panzergrenadier assault. Major Gangl was killed by a sniper while shielding PM Reynaud. It is one of...

The Ship That Never Sank: America's Deadliest Secret at Sea 14.05.2026 20:48

On November 26, 1943, the troopship HMT Rohna was struck by a German Henschel Hs 293 radio-guided glide bomb off Bougie (now Béjaïa), Algeria, launched from a Heinkel He 177A bomber. Approximately 1,138 men died, including 1,015 US soldiers — the largest single-incident loss of US troops at sea from enemy action in WWII. Details of the disaster were classified and not fully disclosed until 1967 un...