Enlisted for one reason: Revenge. She fought Japanese in the Philippines, aided the resistance & resisted interrogation
Everyone has a story about how they came to join the military. Some do it for the opportunity it presents. Others do it for patriotism. Some are…
A plane found 38 feet under the ice: A Daring, High-Risk Rescue Attempt In Greenland In 1942 Has Come To Light Again
In August 2012, a team of explorers and U.S. Coast Guard Personnel found something amazing under Greenland’s ice. 38 feet down, sat a single-engined rescue float…
The Notorious Klaus Barbie: The Butcher Of Lyon
One of the most notorious figures in the Nazi hierarchy and one who attracted almost as much attention as Adolf Eichmann in the post-war period…
Alois Brunner: One Of The Most Notorious Nazi Officers – He Died Unpunished
Adolf Eichmann is the name that immediately is associated with the atrocities of the Final Solution. Although Eichmann was the man in charge of the…
The Lapland War: The Fight For Finland To Leave The War
Finland was in a difficult position in WWII. The country was at first defending itself from an invasion conducted by the USSR in 1939. After several…
The Most Expensive Wars The United States Has Been Involved In
Since its inception in 1776, the United States of America has experienced wartime relations throughout almost its entire lifespan. Some of these wars were short,…
James Bond Author Ian Fleming’s Service In The British Intelligence During WWII
Ian Fleming, the author of the cult spy novel franchise centering around an MI-6 agent, James Bond, code named 007, had a history of intelligence…
Franz “The One That Got Away” Von Werra: Only German POW To Escape From Canada And Get Back Into The Fight
A POW escaping from captivity has long been one of the most fascinating stories of World War 2. For all the war’s brutality, there seemed to…
The Rogue British Officer Who Broke All The Rules Founded The SAS And Was Nicknamed By The Germans, “The Phantom Major”
If there hadn’t been a global war for survival taking place, Major David Stirling is the type of British Officer who would have been thrown…
Robert Cole, Hero Of The Carentan Bayonet Charge, Tragically Killed Two Weeks Before Being Awarded The Medal of Honor
Operation Market Garden would claim countless American lives in September of 1944, one of whom was a man set to receive the Medal of Honor…
Shot Down Over France, Chuck Yeager Evaded Capture For Four Months And Then Flew Into History At The Speed Of Sound
If there was ever a man that was hard to sum up in one headline, it might be Chuck Yeager. One could mention how he…
The Little Known Battles of Attu And Kiska: Retaking The Only US Soil Lost During WWII
In the cold, desolate Arctic near Alaska in 1942, Japanese troops quietly invaded and took over two of the Aleutian Islands, considered to be North…