The Battle of Wizna – Around 800 Polish Soldiers Held Off 42,000 German Soldiers for Three Days
During the German invasion of Poland at the beginning of World War II, 720 Polish soldiers manned the fortified line of defense near the village…
He Was the Last German Soldier to Surrender, Four Months After the End of WW2
Many people know the story of Lieutenant Onoda, the Japanese soldier who only surrendered in 1974. He had survived alone in the jungles of the…
The USA Made a Lot of Money From WW2: Britain Only Settled Debts from WWII in 2006
Perhaps there are there few better ways to end a year than by clearing off a long-standing debt. If that is the case, then 2006…
RAF Top Gun: He & 7 Fellow Pilots Took on 100 German Bombers
Peter Brothers became an air ace for the British Empire during World War II. Every encounter is potentially deadly and requires amazing skill, but he…
Downed 11 Japanese Planes & Flew, on an Almost Empty Tank, to The Aid of a Ship.
Lieutenant Colonel Harold William Bauer, also known as “Joe” Bauer, was an air group commander of the United States Marine Corps (USMC). He was a…
Five Female Heroes of WWII
Women played an exceedingly important role in the Allied nations of WWII. Of course, the cultural icon of “Rosie the Riveter” is a well-known representation…
How Prevalent Was Looting by US Troops During WWII?
When you hear the terms “World War II” and “looting” you usually think of the Axis powers taking anything they pleased from conquered nations. German…
German Forces Captured Stalin’s Son, Stalin Didn’t Care – He Despised Him
Nazi forces captured Stalin’s son, Yakov Dzhugashvili. When the Nazis proposed exchanging him for their captured field marshal Friedrich Paulus, Stalin retorted “I will not…
The Soldier Who Kept Fighting WW2 For 29 Years After It Ended
When Hiroo Onoda enlisted in the Japanese military at eighteen, little did he know he was going to fight in what would become the deadliest…
Did Adolf Hitler ever visit the front lines during WWII?
“Every day,” Hitler once proclaimed in his book Mein Kampf, “I put my life on the line and always faced death.” After reading such a…
The Largest Battleships Ever Built: Japanese Yamato & Musashi
The largest battleships ever built were Yamato and Musashi of the Imperial Japanese Navy. These behemoths were triple the tonnage of some other battleships of their day…
Operation K, the Second Attack on Pearl Harbor Kept Secret for Decades
The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, which forced the United States into World War II, is well known and has been…