How German Intelligence Agents Managed To Unearth A Ton Of Information From POWs
Alexander Jefferson of the United States Army Air Forces was flying a P-51 Mustang over Toulouse, France, in August 1944. It was by no means…
Who was this notorious & mysterious SS general, he just vanished in May ’45
Hans Kammler was a very senior member of the SS with a history of involvement in war crimes. When World War II ended, Kammler disappeared,…
Bombardier’s Bracelet is Found in The Ash Pit of a Concentration Camp, 74 Years After he Was Executed
Many stories from the camps of World War II survive through objects that have endured long since the war. Those tales are as varied –…
Shot Down But Stayed in His Plane to Save Crashing On a Village
The Battle of Britain wasn’t a battle fought with soldiers in trenches or tanks. Instead, it consisted of repeated fighter plane engagements between the desperate…
B-24 Pilot Saved 1000’s of POWS But Never Said a Word About His Wartime Heroism
The loss of life and the destruction caused by conflict is one of the greatest tragedies of war. A more personal tragedy is that many…
Dunkirk Hero Who Helped Make Oscar-Winning Movie Dies Aged 98
Arthur Taylor lied about his age in order to join the Territorial Army in 1936. At the outbreak of World War Two, he signed on…
During the Draft in America, how did they choose who went to which branch and did what job?
The draft was never popular, but during WWII it was deemed necessary. When the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 was signed by President…
Keep Calm and Carry On – the Fascinating History of The Iconic & Troubled WW2 Poster
Stuart Manley and his wife, Mary, run a second-hand bookshop called Barter Books in Alnwick, Northumberland. In 2000, they bought a box of old books at an…
Last Surviving Nazi living in America Dead at 95
The last known World War two Nazi in the USA has died. Jakiw Palij emigrated to the US in 1949. He claimed to have been…
The Failure of the Spartan System at Pylos
“The arrow would be worth a great deal if it could tell men of honor from the rest,” said a Spartan hoplite as his integrity…
Ghost Blimp Mystery of WW2 – Crashed in San Francisco & Crew Was Never Found
To date, many people who took part in hostilities are on the missing in action list. They can be lost in the annals of history.…
The Fall of WW2-era Germany in 30 Images
After France was reclaimed by Allied forces, the Germans mustered their own forces for an all-out counterattack in the Battle of the Bulge. They inflicted…