Fuel Tanks Empty, He Engaged The German, Shot Him Down & Somehow He Managed To Get Back to Base
When, on a fateful night, Jack Adams saw an aircraft belonging to the enemy, he had no idea that his choice to go after it…
Landed ‘Blind’: Shots Devastated the Hurricane’s Perspex Canopy, Throwing Splinters of Perspex Into His Eyes
His flying career reached its end just three years after he joined the Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF). But the events surrounding his fate, and…
How German Intelligence Agents Managed To Unearth A Ton Of Information From POWs
Alexander Jefferson of the United States Army Air Forces was flying a P-51 Mustang over Toulouse, France, in August 1944. It was by no means…
Who was this notorious & mysterious SS general, he just vanished in May ’45
Hans Kammler was a very senior member of the SS with a history of involvement in war crimes. When World War II ended, Kammler disappeared,…
Shot Down But Stayed in His Plane to Save Crashing On a Village
The Battle of Britain wasn’t a battle fought with soldiers in trenches or tanks. Instead, it consisted of repeated fighter plane engagements between the desperate…
B-24 Pilot Saved 1000’s of POWS But Never Said a Word About His Wartime Heroism
The loss of life and the destruction caused by conflict is one of the greatest tragedies of war. A more personal tragedy is that many…
Keep Calm and Carry On – the Fascinating History of The Iconic & Troubled WW2 Poster
Stuart Manley and his wife, Mary, run a second-hand bookshop called Barter Books in Alnwick, Northumberland. In 2000, they bought a box of old books at an…
Ghost Blimp Mystery of WW2 – Crashed in San Francisco & Crew Was Never Found
To date, many people who took part in hostilities are on the missing in action list. They can be lost in the annals of history.…
The Fall of WW2-era Germany in 30 Images
After France was reclaimed by Allied forces, the Germans mustered their own forces for an all-out counterattack in the Battle of the Bulge. They inflicted…
The Wake Island Rail, a Species of Bird that Became Extinct Because of WW2
In modern warfare, we have the ability to wreak the kind of destruction that has never before been seen in the history of this planet.…
Rear Admiral Richard Antrim: Awarded Medal Of Honor For An Act Of Valor Performed In A Prison Camp
War often brings out the very worst in human beings, but it can also bring out the very best. While prisoner of war (POW) camps…
Hank Bauer: WW2 Hero Who Went On To Become a 3 Time Yankee All-Star & World Series Champ
A popular phrase refers to “diamonds in the rough,” and few people embody the truth of this sentiment more than Hank Bauer, a legendary baseball…