How Guy Gabaldon Became The “Pied Piper of Saipan”
Guy Gabaldon’s efforts on both Saipan and Tinian led to the surrender of some 1,500 Japanese troops and civilians
Colin Firth to Star as MI5 Agent Who Concocted One of the Most Extraordinary Deceptions of WWII — Operation MINCEMEAT
The film follows MI5 agents and their hairbrained scheme in which they use a British cadaver to bamboozle the Germans in the lead up to the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943
‘Mastermind of Dunkirk and D-Day’ Book Review
Brian Izzard relates the career of British Admiral Sir Bertram Home Ramsay, the naval mastermind of Dunkirk and the amphibious landings in North Africa, Sicily and Normandy
The Brewster Buffalo Was an Unlikely Fighter Plane—But Finland Loved It
During World War II the Finnish variant of the U.S.-built Brewster Buffalo proved more than a match for top Soviet, German and British fighters
Breakthrough at Saint-Lô: The Battle of Normandy’s Hedgerows
It took tens of thousands of lives and weeks of fighting through the bedeviling Norman hedgerows to capture what remained of the ‘Capital of Ruins’
Woody Williams: To Hell and Back
The Marine Corps veteran is the last living World War II recipient of the Medal of Honor
Irish SAS Hero: Robert Blair ‘Paddy’ Mayne
Robert Blair Mayne, a talented sportsman and brilliant fighter, received the DSO with three bars for heroism during World War II
Col. Dave Severance, Commander of Marines at Iwo Jima, Dies At 102
The Marine behind the iconic photo of the raising of the flag on Mount Suribachi at Iwo Jima has passed away at age 102
Journalist Roelif Loveland’s Searing Account of D-Day
'Flak began to come pretty soon … but the expression on the face of the kid from Cleveland who was piloting the plane did not change in the slightest degree'
‘The Bomber Mafia’ Book Review
Malcolm Gladwell addresses carpet bombing during WWII, focusing on U.S. Army Air Forces generals Curtis LeMay and Haywood Hansell
Russia’s Forgotten Soldiers: Soviet POWs in Germany Remain Overlooked
The story of Soviet prisoners of war who fought hard for survival in the hope of one day returning home remains largely untold
German President Calls for Peace with Russia, Eastern Europe for 80th Anniversary of Operation Barbarossa
German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier appealed for peace for the 80th anniversary of Operation Barbarossa, Nazi Germany’s invasion of the Soviet Union
The Race to the Rhine: How the U.S. 79th Division Took Down the Nazis
In World War II, the U.S. Army’s 79th Infantry Division slugged its way through one Nazi stronghold after another
SOS Indianapolis: Behind the Sinking of the Heavy Cruiser
It took a sailor, a schoolboy and survivors more than half a century to disperse the cloud hanging over the sinking of the heavy cruiser
‘The Indian Contingent’ Book Review
Ghee Bowman chronicles the little-known story of Force K6 (aka the Indian Contingent), from Dunkirk through the end of World War II
