The story of Soviet prisoners of war who fought hard for survival in the hope of one day returning home remains largely untold
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Devyatayev’s Flight: A Russian POW stole a German bomber and lived to tell the tale
A daring Russian fighter pilot faced perils from friend and foe when he decided to escape a concentration camp in a German Heinkel 111 bomber.
WWII Book Review: Germany and the Axis Powers
Germany and the Axis Powers: From Coalition to Collapse by Richard L. DiNardo, University […]
Trade Off: Exchanging German-Americans for POWs in WWII
Eleven-year-old Ingrid Eiserloh’s world changed forever on January 8, 1942, one month and one […]
They Flew for Franco: German Condor Legion’s Tactical Air Power
During the Spanish Civil War, a group of German pilots that became known as the Condor Legion honed their hunting skills in Spain’s skies.
Could These American Paratroopers Stop the Germans from Reaching Utah Beach on D-Day?
The peaceful French countryside around La Fiere Bridge erupted into a desperate firefight on June 6, 1944.
This P-38 Pilot Shot Down Five Germans in Five Minutes: Meet Scrappy the Ace
There was a reason they called this pilot “Scrappy.”
This German General Made a Deal with the Devil
German General Ludwig Beck
supported the Nazis—until he didn’t. He paid with his life.
Austria might have been even more pro-Nazi than Germany, making espionage there especially perilous
How one Austrian cell managed to supply the Allies with essential intelligence in the most pro-Nazi country in the Third Reich.
In 1943 Britain and Germany Raced to Control Islands in the Southeastern Aegean. But Why?
The campaign to seize the Dodecanese Islands mattered little in the long run.