Real Time WWII

[Phoenix]

Amazing stuff for any WW II aficionado !

http://www.rtwwii.com/archive


Here is how it begins...

Hello and welcome to the offical Archive of the RealTime World War Two project. Please feel free to adjust the date settings to see a particular range, or ask the archivist for more information.



Thu Aug 31 19:01:15 +0000 1939

SS troops dressed as Poles are attacking radio transmitter in Gleiwitz, to provide pretext for Germany to attack Poland.



Thu Aug 31 19:05:39 +0000 1939

Karl Hornack, SS trooper, is broadcasting in Polish: "Attention! This is Gliwice. The broadcasting station is in Polish hands"



Thu Aug 31 19:06:20 +0000 1939

Quick-thinking radio engineer called Nawroth has surreptitiously cut Hornack off before the rest of his propaganda can be broadcast.



Thu Aug 31 19:12:33 +0000 1939

Franz Honiok, a German farmer, arrested yesterday, was drugged & dressed as a Polish partisan by the SS. They just shot him.



Thu Aug 31 19:13:22 +0000 1939

Honiok- codenamed "Canned Meat"- was killed to add realism to Gleiwitz Incident. He is the first victim of the war.



Fri Sep 01 03:45:47 +0000 1939

German battleship Schleswig Holstein, on "ceremonial" visit to Danzig, is firing on Polish Westerplatte Garrison at point-blank range.

 

[Future]

I'm not really into WWII, but this is really, really cool.

 

[RastaRocket]

Love this kind of stuff, I'm going to have to dig into that later.