A B-26 charged the Japanese flagship at deck-level, and the crew was so close, the enemy couldn’t aim. nu
A B-26 charged the Japanese flagship at deck-level, and the crew was so close, the enemy couldn’t aim At 7:10 a.m. on June 4th, 1942, First Lieutenant James Muri dropped his B-26 Marauder to just 200 feet above the Pacific….
The Vistula-Oder Offensive | How 450,000 Germans Faced 2.2 Million Soviets_Nup
In early January 1945, General Joseph Harpe stood before a map that spelled his doom in simple arithmetic. His Army Group A held a 500 km front along the Vista River, stretching from the Carpathian Mountains in the south to…
The Taste of Mercy: Why American Medics Surprised Japanese POWs With Their Favorite Comfort Food. nu
The Taste of Mercy: Why American Medics Surprised Japanese POWs With Their Favorite Comfort Food White Rice in Wisconsin On a bitter February morning in 1944, 183 Japanese prisoners shuffled into the mess hall at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin. Snow lay…
After Kursk: Operation Kutuzov — The Orel Trap That Ended Germany’s Offense | Part 1
July 12th, 1943, 3:00 in the morning. Field Marshal Walter Mod is asleep somewhere behind the German lines near Kursk. His 9inth Army locked in a brutal grinding match against Soviet defenses. For 7 days, his panzers have advanced just…
Outgunned and invisible, a small wooden boat snuck into the fleet, and one shot changed naval history forever. nu
Outgunned and invisible, a small wooden boat snuck into the fleet, and one shot changed naval history forever At 10:47 p.m. on December 11, 1942, Lieutenant Lester Gamble throttled his PT-37 through the ink-black waters off Guadalcanal. Through his binoculars,…
No Torpedoes, Just Skin: When these two ships collided, the war became a brutal deck-level brawl. nu
No Torpedoes, Just Skin: When these two ships collided, the war became a brutal deck-level brawl At 01:53 on November 1, 1943, Lieutenant Charles Hutchins stood on the bridge of the USS Borie, tracking a radar blip 8,000 yards north of…
They thought he was trapped, but instead, he used a Bazooka to dismantle three Tiger tanks in record time. nu
They thought he was trapped, but instead, he used a Bazooka to dismantle three Tiger tanks in record time At 11:27 a.m. on May 23, 1944, Technical Sergeant Van Barfoot crouched behind the charred remains of a German ammunition truck…
A bleeding officer climbed into a tank and charged, his audacity sent every German soldier into a total panic. nu
A bleeding officer climbed into a tank and charged, his audacity sent every German soldier into a total panic At 11:30 a.m. on July 25, 1944, a lone American officer limped down a dirt road near Saint-Lô, France. Captain Matt…
11 shells hit the gas, but zero exploded – See the secret message found inside the duds. nu
11 shells hit the gas, but zero exploded – See the secret message found inside the duds At 06:42 on July 30, 1943, Second Lieutenant Bon Fox climbed into the cockpit of Tondelayo, a B-17 Flying Fortress. He was 24 years…
She Faced the Gestapo Without Fear — Her Defiant Answer Left Them Stunned. nu
She Faced the Gestapo Without Fear — Her Defiant Answer Left Them Stunned The Girl Who Dropped Words Chapter I – Munich, February Light Munich, February 18, 1943. The winter sun hung pale above the old stone buildings of Ludwig…