# WWII

Nine Propaganda Methods the Government Used During World War II to Control the Public
Propaganda is the deliberate spreading of ideas or information for the purpose of shaping public opinion. Often it is disguised…

12 Military Deceptions that Changed the Course of History Forever
Military deception is the art of misleading an enemy during wartime, via information warfare and disinformation, psychological operations, manipulating and…

12 Generals You Won’t Believe Switched Sides and Defected to the Enemy
Loyalty, duty, honor, and keeping faith with one's side through thick and thin are prized military values, counted among the…

A Nazi Butcher’s Arrogance Led to His Demise in this Dramatic Turn of Events
As a leading member of the Nazi Party and one of the architects of the Final Solution, Reinhard Heydrich was…

12 of History’s Greatest Back Stabbers and their Dramatic Consequences
According to folk etymology, the term "double-cross", as in deception by some kind of double-dealing, originated with the 18th century…

Tragedy and Honor: 10 Details You Didn’t Know About the Life of a Kamikaze Pilot
On October 25, 1944, during the Battle of the Leyte Gulf, the Japanese deployed the first weapon of its kind,…

Mercy in War: The Story of a German Pilot and a Crippled B-17 During WWII
Cold hard logic doesn’t always translate to war, sometimes true evil reigns, such as the capture of Nanjing, but many…

The True Story Behind Japan’s WWII Human Experiment Division
The 20th Century is full of examples of man's inhumanity to man. The horrors of the first World War early…

Lighthearted Photographs of Soldiers Having Fun
Over 250,000 underage soldiers fought for the British Army during World War 1. The average age of a US GI…

Plunder and Destroy: 12 of History’s Most Daring Raids
A raid is an armed mission by a relatively small group of attackers, prepared in secret with the hope of…