Military Deception played a pivotal role in World War II, with both sides employing various strategies to mislead and confuse their adversaries. In the midst of this global conflict, AGENT GARBO emerged as one of the most remarkable and successful deception campaigns of the war.
Agent Garbo: The Greatest Double Agent of WWII – (1941-1945)
A Very Brief Introduction to World War II – 1939 to 1945
World War II stands as one of the most monumental conflicts in human history, engulfing the globe in a devastating war that reshaped political, social, and economic landscapes.
Codex Rotundus: A 15-century Pocketbook
In the 15th century, Flemish craftsmen created the first pocketbook in history, the Codex Rotundus, a unique late-medieval manuscript comprised of 266 pages containing a lavishly illuminated Book of Hours written in Latin and French.
Götz of the Iron Hand: The German Robin Hood (1480 – 1562)
Romanticized in legend as the “German Robin Hood” and remembered as a hero, Gottfried “Götz” von Berlichingen, better known as “Götz of the Iron Hand”, was a German Imperial Knight (Reichsritter), a mercenary, and a poet.
Hanns Scharff: The Luftwaffe Nicest “Master Interrogator” 1942-45
Hanns Scharff was a Master Interrogator working for The Luftwaffe at Nazi Germany during the Second World War.
The Iron Maiden Torture Device: an 18th-Century Hoax
The Iron Maiden was a torture device believed to have originated in Germany during the Middle Ages. It was said to have been invented by a German executioner named Johannes Eckhardt.
The Reichstag Fire – 1933
On Monday 27 February 1933, after dictator Adolf Hitler was inaugurated as Chancellor of Germany, there was an attempt on the Reichstag German parliament known as the Reichstag Fire (Reichstagsbrand, in German).