The Secret German Weather Station In Canada, Discovered 38 Years After It Was Built
The Second World War proved to be not only a war fought for resources, territory and domination, but also a war of information. All sides…
75 Years since the Dambusters raid
The Dambusters raid was established as one of the most famous allied attacks of the Second World War almost from the moment the wheels of 617…
The Sweetheart of the Marianas – “The Whistling Death” Vought F4U Corsair
The world of World War Two aviation enthusiasts is both united, and divided. United in the sense that all value and appreciate both the men…
A Doctor Created A Fake Typhus Epidemic And Saved 8,000 People During WWII
At the outbreak of WWII, a young Polish doctor was finishing his medical studies and looking forward to using his skills for the well-being of…
This True Leader Stormed Multiple Japanese Machine Guns In Burma Until Mortally Wounded
Oxford scholar and founder of a literary magazine are just a couple of honors to which a young man might aspire and find himself on…
Fighting in the Desert – The Battle for Sidi Bou Zid, Saint Valentine’s Day, 1943
On February 14, 1943, a force of American soldiers received the worst Valentine possible. Around the Tunisian village of Sidi Bou Zid, the Germans launched…
“FBI file #65-53615” – The story of the Jewish American gangster plot to kill Hitler
“FBI file #65-53615” – The story of the Jewish American gangster plot to kill Hitler is a documentary film narrated by the historian Robert Rockaway. “FBI…
General “The Auk” Auchinleck Squared Off With The Desert Fox In North Africa Before Being Fired by Churchill
The dismissal of officers in World War 2 was quite a common practice for every army that fought in the war. Whether or not these…
Salon Kitty: The WWII Spy Ring Based in a Brothel – Heydrich needed to hire top-notch prostitutes
During the peak of the Nazi regime, the Sicherheitsdienst was the Third Reich’s version of the CIA. Founded in 1932, the first leader of the…
Allied Attacks on Japanese “Hell Ships” Unintentionally Killed Thousands of POWs in WWII
In the American Revolutionary War, hell ships were used by the British to hold American prisoners of war. Those ships had abhorrent living conditions, and as…
With One Arm Cut Off by a Japanese Sword, Lt. George Cairns Charged Into Military History
The outbreak of war can do a strange thing to man’s temperament. A student, businessman or teacher can be civilly performing their duties one year,…
Scattered and Isolated: The Struggles of Airborne Forces on D-Day
When we talk about D-Day, most people picture the landing craft approaching the beaches, troops pouring off into the waves under a hail of German…