World War II saw three U.S. Army Air Forces fighters of consequence: everybody’s favorite, the North American P-51; the remarkable Lockheed P-38; and the absurdly large Republic P-47.
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Following in the Footsteps of Campo 78’s Escaped POWs
A scenic hiking trail in central Italy once served as a route for prisoners fleeing a notorious war camp.
Operation Cornflakes: How the OSS Brought Allied Propaganda Straight to the Doorsteps of Germany
Seventy-five years ago, American P-38 fighter-bombers embarked on an unusual sortie dubbed “Operation Cornflakes”. […]
Raid at Son Tay: U.S. Special Operations’ attempted rescue of POWS in 1970
The Son Tay raid became a blueprint for special operations forces, such as the 2003 rescue of Army Pvt. Jessica Lynch, captured during the Iraq War, and the 2011 Osama bin Laden raid
Germany to remove Nazi-era propaganda changes from alphabet
The Nazis twisted Germany’s alphabet with propaganda in 1933. Now Germany will reclaim its history with changes starting in 2021
To Keep Her Family Together, a German Baroness Joined the Lowly Ranks of Army Camp Followers
In 1777, a high-born wife takes her youngsters to North America to find her husband, a German officer fighting under British command. What could go wrong?
Roosevelt’s Drive to Break Up Utilities Brought Power to the People
In his first duel with Wendell Willkie, FDR campaigned against giant holding companies that soaked small electricity customers
How Goebbels convinced German civilians to murder Allied airmen
A sinister plot by Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels turned civilians into brutal murderers targeting Allied airmen who parachuted into Germany
German Warship that Led Invasion of Norway Found 80 Years After its Sinking
Eighty years after being sunk, the warship that led the attack on the town […]
Poland Put Up a Brave Yet Futile Fight Against Germany
A new book chronicles World War II’s opening act, offering a preview of even larger horrors to come.