Operation Mincemeat: How a Dead Body and a False Identity Helped the Allied Invasion of Sicily
In the years since the Second World War, many documents have been released, detailing the covert operations undertaken by the UK’s Special Operations Executive (SOE),…
All Five of the Second World War’s Triple Aces in a Day Flew for the German Luftwaffe
The Second World War saw thousands of air battles between pilots. Germany, which started the conflict in 1939 with its invasion of Poland, held a…
Horizontal Collaboration: How the French Dealt with Traitorous Women After the Germans Left
When France was liberated in 1944, foreign photographers and press were there to document the event. Among the photos taken were thousands of images of…
Mass Graves of 8,000 Concentration Camp Victims Discovered in Polish Forest
Investigators with the Polish Institute of National Remembrance (IPN) have discovered what they claim are two mass graves containing the ashes of at least 8,000…