The SAS in World War II : A Force to be Reckoned With
The Second World War was a powerful driver for military innovation. New units, technologies, and ways of fighting were developed in the white heat of…
A Couples 74th Wedding Anniversary: Love That Escaped the Holocaust
Hanne put herself through tremendous danger to finally reach her mother. Hanne never saw her again after she disappeared at Auschwitz. Love truly is an…
The Ship That Disguised Itself as an Island to Evade the Japanese in WWII
The main threat of being spotted was from the air. To effectively camouflage themselves they needed to cover the entire surface area of the ship…
Flame Fougasse The Highly Effective Anti-Tank & Anti-Everything Device
During the early stages of the Second World War, it began to look more and more likely that the Germans would stage a full-on invasion…
The Wall Street Putsch: Did Fascist Bankers try to Overthrow Franklin Roosevelt?
Butler, a Marine Corps veteran and two-time Medal of Honor recipient, was the most decorated veteran in United States history, and had no obvious reason…
Repairs at Sea: Floating Dry-Docks of World War II
With few other ports offering facilities able to cope with such massive vessels, the American Navy got creative in its solutions. When the United States…
Morris “Moe” Berg: The WWII Spy with a .243 Career Batting Average
After the bombing of Pearl Harbor,Berg was interested in using his language skills to help the war effort. He had, after all, studied Latin, Greek,…
The Highest Award for Valor on D-Day: Is it Time to Correct this 75-year-old Injustice?
No other one-day battle in the fight to liberate Europe was as costly for Americans as that to take “Bloody Omaha”. On 6 June 1944,…
Did Stalin Suffer a Nervous Breakdown After Germany Invaded Russia?
Communists were the archenemies of all Nazis. The Soviet Union, therefore, had to be attacked and destroyed. Operation Barbarossa, the German attack on the Soviet…
The Coded Diary of Tanya Savicheva & the Siege of Leningrad
Tanya’s mother, Mariya Ignatievna Savicheva, gifted Tanya the notebook after Nina disappeared during a bombardment in Leningrad. Reminiscent of the story of the famous Anne…
Plan Z: The End of the Kriegsmarine in WWII
Dönitz had long believed that too many resources were spent on the surface fleet to the detriment of the submarine fleet, but even he balked…
Battle of Britain Hurricane Rises From its Muddy Grave
On August 26, 1940 Hemingway bailed out of his Hurricane at 17,000 feet, with the plane burrowing itself into 30 feet of mud near the…