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Thomas O'Folliard was born in 1858 to Irish immigrant parents. When he was a boy, both of his parents died of smallpox, and he was raised by relatives in Uvalde, Texas. He began his life of crime by taking part in horse theft with Emil Fritz. Fritz later became a gunman in the Lincoln County … Read more

On January 30, 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany by President Paul von Hindenburg. The Nazi regime quickly began restricting the civil and human rights of Jews and opened its first concentration camp, Dachau, near Munich. Between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its European allies established more than 44,000 camps and other … Read more

When the smoke cleared after the gunfight at the O.K. Corral, the real battle had just begun. Not with bullets, but with words. On November 16, 1881, during the hearing into the events in Tombstone, testimony was taken from Wyatt Earp and John H. Holliday. The prosecution had already presented its main evidence. The two … Read more

On April 4, 1945, the Allied armies were racing across Germany. The weather was warm and the trees were blooming, and it felt like spring. But as the jeeps of the US Fourth Armored Division drove down a quiet country road near the town of Gotha, they hit a wall. It was not a wall … Read more

After the Second World War, a series of trials were held to bring the perpetrators of wartime crimes to justice. The most high-profile took place in Nuremberg, where remaining members of Hitler's inner circle faced judges and some received death sentences. But other war crimes trials focused on specific camps. Among them were the Belsen … Read more

In December 1944, when much of the world believed Germany no longer had the strength to attack, Adolf Hitler unleashed a final desperate offensive in the West. His objective was audacious: break through the Ardennes, capture the strategic port of Antwerp, and cut the Allied front in two. To achieve it, he relied on the … Read more

In a briefing room in France in 1944, thirty men stood in silence while General George S. Patton traced a route across a map with one finger. Not one of them wanted to be the man who spoke next. Then a 22-year-old corporal named Daniel Kovac raised his hand and said, "Sir, I think the … Read more

As World War II ended across Europe, many high-ranking Nazis and members of Hitler's inner circle fled for their lives. They knew capture could mean arrest, a war crimes trial, and possibly the gallows. Some were arrested in the mountains of Bavaria while trying to keep a low profile. But the fate of the wives … Read more