“We Won’t Leave You” — Why American Medics Carried Frightened Japanese POW Women Through a Blizzard. VD
“We Won’t Leave You” — Why American Medics Carried Frightened Japanese POW Women Through a Blizzard Mercy in the Frozen Hell The Day of DecisionFebruary 18th, 1944, was a day that would forever haunt the men of Corporal Robert Hayes’…
The Moral Choice: German women expected the worst, but British soldiers did the unthinkable and broke their chains. NU
The Moral Choice: German women expected the worst, but British soldiers did the unthinkable and broke their chains The sky over Vilvoorde, on the outskirts of Brussels, was a bruised purple-gray on May 8, 1945. It was Victory in Europe…
What American Soldiers Did to SS Guards When They Found Dachau_NU
What American Soldiers Did to SS Guards When They Found Dachau On the morning of April 29, 1945, the war in Europe was already collapsing. Nazi Germany was dying on its feet. To the men of the 45th Infantry Division, advancing…
They thought he was surrendered, until he turned a German execution into a 5-minute massacre. NU
They thought he was surrendered, until he turned a German execution into a 5-minute massacre The Ardennes forest in December 1944 was not a place for the living. It was a cathedral of frozen pine and jagged shadows, where the…
8 sailors, one rubber boat, and a daring explosion—the only ground attack on Japan’s mainland in history. NU
8 sailors, one rubber boat, and a daring explosion—the only ground attack on Japan’s mainland in history At 11:58 p.m. on July 23, 1945, the sea off the coast of Karafuto was as black and cold as ink. Commander Eugene…
When They Put a P-39 Nose on a Tiny Boat — Japanese Called Them “Devil Boats”. VD
When They Put a P-39 Nose on a Tiny Boat — Japanese Called Them “Devil Boats” The Devil Boats: The 37mm Cannon A New Kind of WeaponAt 11:30 PM on October 21st, 1942, First Lieutenant Robert Lynch sat at the…
The Rice Terror: German POWs saw white rice and expected an execution—until they realized the truth. NU
The Rice Terror: German POWs saw white rice and expected an execution—until they realized the truth On the evening of November 3, 1945, the air inside the mess hall of Eden Camp, Yorkshire, was thick with the scent of boiled…
The Junk Tank: How a Major built a secret weapon from scrap metal to save 70,000 Marines from certain death. NU
The Junk Tank: How a Major built a secret weapon from scrap metal to save 70,000 Marines from certain death The air inside the steel hull of the M4 Sherman was a suffocating 110 degrees, smelling of grease, sweat, and…
The Tiny Titan: 6 Panther tanks emerged from the fog, but they didn’t expect a 1-inch thick scout car to annihilate them. NU
The Tiny Titan: 6 Panther tanks emerged from the fog, but they didn’t expect a 1-inch thick scout car to annihilate them The dawn of September 19, 1944, did not bring light to the fields of Arracourt, France. Instead, it…
Discover why the Cromwell’s record-breaking speed left German gunners shooting at shadows in Normandy. NU
Discover why the Cromwell’s record-breaking speed left German gunners shooting at shadows in Normandy The afternoon of June 13, 1944, south of Villers-Bocage, was a landscape of gray mud and jagged hedgerows. Inside Panzer IV number 421, the air was…