# WWII
This Parade Celebrates the Nazis and Latvian Legion Every Year
In March 2016, a parade in Riga, the capital of Latvia, honored the veterans of Latvian Legion. The men not…
Churchill Created a Secret 12 Day Life Expectancy Army to Fight the Nazis on British Soil
Members of the French Resistance have gone down in history as brave souls who were willing to sacrifice their lives…
Hitler’s Great Escape: Conspiracy Crackpot Theory or Complex Cover Up?
The thing about conspiracy theories is that there is credence to some of these apparently tall tales. However, there are…
This Notorious WWII Aircraft Was Crowdfunded By The British People
The Spitfire, or the Supermarine Spitfire, was the most highly-produced British aircraft during World War II. The single-seat fighter was…
This Day In History: The “Channel Dash”
On February 11, 1942, the German battleships Gneisenau and Scharnhorst, along with heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen, made a dash from…
This WWII Soldier Fought For Three Different Countries
In the 1930s, Yang Kyoungjong was just a young Korean man caught up in the middle of a fight between…
This Day In History: The US Captures The Marshall Islands (1944)
On this day, in 1944 American amphibious forces invade and take control of the Marshall Islands. These islands were very…
This Day In History: The Finns Begins Secret Talks With The Soviet Union (1943)
On this day in 1943, the Finns begin secret talks with the Soviet Union about a peace agreement. The Finns…
This Day In History: The Traitor Quisling Becomes The Norwegian Prime Minister (1942)
On this day, in 1942 Vidkun Quisling, is made the prime minister of Norway by the German occupiers. Quisling was appointed…
The Night Witches: The Female Russian Bomb Squad that Terrorized the Nazis During WWII
In the United States, the history of the Women’s Air Service Pilots (WASP) is reasonably well known, and their heroics…