Bergen-Belsen: Hell on Earth
A World War Two veteran remembers the hell and horror that laid in wait the day the Allies liberated the notorious Nazi concentration...
The P-51 Mustang: The War-Bird that defeated the Luftwaffe
The heroic story of the P-51 Mustang has been told before. But it’s such a remarkable story that it bears retelling. No fighter plane...
Monty and Patton: Unfriendly Allies
On August 17, 1943, grinning American troops from the 3rd Infantry Division greeted British commandoes as they entered the city of Messina, on the...
Swedish Neutrality in World War II: Fact or Fiction?
The Scandinavian Kingdom of Sweden declared neutrality during the Second World War but, was it really nonaligned?
Since 1815 when the Napoleonic Wars finally ended,...
A Unique American Fighter Aircraft: The Vought F4U Corsair
The lethal Vought F4U Corsair was one of the best, and most distinctive American fighter air crafts of World War II.
From its first deployment...
Japanese Balloon Bombs of WWII: The Empire of Japan’s use of one way free...
A Coast Guard Reserve patrol boat of the “Corsair fleet” recovered from the sea around San Pedro California a water logged pile of gummed...
Operation Mincemeat and the Man Who Never Was
One frustrating problem facing the planners of Operation Husky was the fact that Sicily, sitting like a stepping stone between North Africa and the...