# world war II
18 of the Many Attempts to Assassinate Adolf Hitler by the German Resistance
On July 20, 1944, a bomb exploded during a meeting between senior German military officers and Adolf Hitler in a…
The Gutsy Teenage Oversteegen Sisters Killed Nazis During WWII
On September 5th, 2018, Freddie Oversteegen, a Dutch Resistance heroine of World War II, died in her nineties of a…
The 18 Deadliest Battles in American Military History
It should be no surprise that the deadliest battles fought on American soil came about during the American Civil War,…
19 Facts About the Internment of Japanese-Americans in World War II
During the First World War the large German communities in many American cities found themselves under siege. In cities such…
19 Interesting Things You May Not Know About Great Britain during the Crushing Blitz of 1940-1941
The term blitzkrieg was invented by journalists to describe the three-pronged attack unleashed by the German military on Poland during…
18 Major Events During Adolf Hitler’s Rise to Power
Born in Austria-Hungary on April 20, 1889, the man who became the Fuhrer experienced a difficult and somewhat peripatetic childhood,…
The Japanese Diplomat Who Saved Five Times As Many Jews As Oskar Schindler
"Do what is right because it is right, and leave it alone" - Chiune Sugihara. Relatively few know about the…
America’s Aerial Gunners in World War II Were Believed to Be an Unstoppable Force
"From my mother’s sleep I fell into the State, And I hunched in its belly till my wet fur froze.…
18 All But Forgotten American War Heroes
In every war heroes emerge, some to everlasting fame and some revert to relative obscurity. Some preferred to remain in…
CIA Director, William Colby, Got His Start Blowing Up Stuff in Nazi-Occupied Europe
William Colby, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, is best remembered for his stint as America's top spy from…