# WW II
History’s Humor: 10 Funny and Often Overlooked Details from Historic Events
It is unfortunate that history often bores kids stiff, frequently conveyed to students as a dreary listing of dull dates and dusty factoids. Unfortunate because, if we scratch beneath the surface of…
These Stars Traded Hollywood Glamor for Wartime Glory
Movie star Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993) turned heads on screen and in real life with her radiant beauty, grace,…
The ‘Lethal Lady Death’ and Other Dangerous Historic Figures
World War II’s most lethal female was a young Russian woman who had to work hard to convince the authorities…
Facts About These Notorious Law Breakers and Their Criminal History
Throughout history, as seen below, criminals and lawbreakers have sometimes been driven by altruistic motives. Take, for example, the teenage…
The Controversial Military Career of Douglas MacArthur
Few soldiers in American history are as controversial as Douglas MacArthur. Throughout his military career, he exhibited a tendency to…
20 Lesser Known History Facts That Captured Attention
History is composed in the main of broad outlines and major stories known by many, and smaller stories and details…
16 Nazi Mysteries Uncovered and Answered
Few regimes in the history of the world have been studied more closely than that of the Nazis in Germany.…
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…