This German Aristocrat Beat a 12-Year Prison Sentence As A Nazi War Criminal
Alexander von Falkenhausen led Turks against the British, Chinese Nationalists against the Japanese, and conspired in Adolf Hitler’s assassination
Yank Magazine Created A Unique Record of American Soldiers’ Roles in World War II
From June 1942 through 1945 frontline American soldiers filed stories and photographed World War II and its aftermath for a select readership—themselves
From Here to Eternity: Inside the Pre-War Hawaii Life That Inspired the Book & Movie
James Jones built his best-selling novel, From Here to Eternity, around his real-life experiences as a U.S. Army private in Hawaii before World War II
New Pearl Harbor Book Tells the Japanese Side of Events in Fateful Attack
A new book published this past year offers a blow-by-blow account of Pearl Harbor, diving into previously untranslated primary source material, from the Japanese perspective
First Planes Down at Pearl
Three National Guardsmen on a morning sightseeing flight were among the first casualties on December 7, 1941
First Shots Fired At Pearl Harbor
An old vessel and its new captain and crew of reservists encountered the enemy off Oahu in the crucial minutes before the Pearl Harbor attack
This Flight Leader Received the Only Medal of Honor Awarded for the Battle of Midway
Capt. Richard Eugene Fleming's heroism earned him the only Medal of Honor awarded to a participant in the Battle of Midway
These NATO Generals Had Unusual Backgrounds: They Served in the Third Reich
Amid the Cold War two German generals were among the few NATO commanders with direct experience fighting the Soviets—not to mention the Allies
The Pajama Pilot Over Pearl Harbor
Philip M. Rasmussen was one of the few American pilots to get into the air while enemy planes were still in the skies over Hawaii on December 7, 1941. He was still in his pajamas.
Pearl Harbor Memorial
Even though Pearl Harbor is still a major Navy base, the tone is always hushed—just as it was that fateful morning on Dec. 7, 1941, before the bombing began
Ernie Pyle in the Blitz
The famed American reporter went on a personal mission to Britain to relate the extraordinary deeds of ordinary people in wartime
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
