In an attempt to signal Germany's return to the world community after defeat in World War I, the International Olympic Committee awarded the games to Germany in 1931, before Adolf Hitler rose to power.
As the tide of World War II was turning against Germany, Joseph Goebbels gave his "Total War" speech at the Berlin Sportpalast to a carefully selected audience of 14,000.
Martin Kitchen is an internationally recognized expert on German and Austrian military and economic history. Here he answers questions on Joseph Goebbels, the Third Reich, and America.
Read the interview with Paul Fritz Bugas, the former on-site superintendent of the Greenbrier Bunker, that was designed to house the members of the House of Representatives and Senate in case of nuclear attack.
Learn more about the major players and occurrences that led to the development of the Hydrogen bomb- this feature details Russian government officials.
Learn more about the major players and occurrences that led to the development of the Hydrogen bomb. This feature details scientists and mathematicians who worked in the U.S.
Learn more about the major players and occurrences that led to the development of the Hydrogen bomb. This feature details scientists and mathematicians who worked in the U.S.S.R.
Learn more about the major players and occurrences that led to the development of the Hydrogen bomb. This feature details the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, including its formation, activities and the 1953 Oppenheimer hearings.
