The Fairey Firefly Recon Fighter – Fast Recon In WW2
A Plane Made for Two The Fairey Firefly was a two-seat fighter and reconnaissance aircraft used by the British during WWII. A Naval Plane The…
Grave Robbers Make Life Difficult for Volunteer Group Giving WW2 Soldiers Proper Burials
Some of the bloodiest battles at the end of WWII were fought between the German and Russian forces within the borders of Latvia. In 1944…
Ohio Sheriff’s Department Sells Model 1921 Tommy Gun for $90,000
A sheriff’s department in an eastern Ohio county placed a Thompson Model 1921 “Tommy” submachine gun for sale on auction last month. The Tommy gun…
Hitler’s Fortified Siegfried Line Was Massive And Included 22,000 Bunkers And Pillboxes
During the build-up to WWII, the German government commissioned a line of defenses all along its border with France. The enormous undertaking seemed a waste…
Master Sergeant Roddie Edmonds, American Hero Who Saved Hundreds of Jewish Soldiers in WWII
Perhaps there is a point in a soldier’s life, where he is so certain that he might die that he would rather dictate the terms…
The Hurricane: A Very Important Fighter in the Battle of Britain
The Spitfire is widely recognized as the plane that fought the Luftwaffe during the Battle of Britain. Another plane, however, was just as crucial to…
White Rose: The German Resistance Beheaded in 1943 – Sophie Scholl was 22 & her brother Hans was 25 years old
Across Germany and especially in Munich, the city where they were most active, people remember and honor, by naming streets, monuments, even a top literary…
Norwegian Jan Baalsrud: A Incredible Survivor In WWII
On June 8, 1943, the Deutsche Zeitung’s (German Newspaper) headline read, “British sabotage group rendered harmless on Norwegian Coast.” It went on to say that…
The American Pilot who Inspired The Citizens Of Paris To Fight Back Against The Nazis
Although many people resisted the Nazis, most of them did so furtively. Not so the Parisians. Even with heavily-armed Germans in their midst, residents began…
Carl Hans Lody Was German Wartime Spy – When He Was Executed, He Thanked His Guards For Their Courtesy
People used to think of spying as dishonorable. Many British officials rejected it in WWII – they wanted to fight a “gentlemanly war.” Churchill felt otherwise,…
The Four Phases Of The Battle of Britain Explained
History likes to paint Britain as the tiny country that, against all odds, somehow resisted the superior military might of Nazi Germany during WWII. But…
Solothurn Anti-Tank Rifle: A German Weapon That Almost Entered American Service During WWII
The rocket-propelled grenade launcher, a shoulder-fired anti-tank weapon, is in wide use today in conflicts around the world. Before its development, the weaponry used against…