‘Jerry’s Last Mission’: How a Veteran of WWII’s Last Air Battle Became a Lifelong Testament of the Human Spirit
WWII pilot Jerry Yellin battled PTSD for decades until he became an example for other veterans to follow
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
Nazi Angels of Death
Five notorious female Nazi guards who served the regime with horrifying vigor.
“Screwball” Beurling: The Falcon of Malta
In a few short weeks he downed 27 Axis aircraft. A deeply religious, nonsmoking teetotaler who eschewed profanity and possessed little more than a grade school education, George Beurling was obsessed with flying and shooting and confessed to love to partner his passions.
American History Review: How the Victors Divvied the Spoils at Yalta
Historian Preston argues that Stalin did not actually make patsies of Roosevelt and Churchill
Book Review: Double Crossed
Matthew Sutton follows four U.S. missionaries and religious leaders tapped by the Office of Strategic Services during World War II
Rommel’s Last Day
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel hoped to find safety in the remote village of Herrlingen, but the town became a Nazi death trap for him in October 1944
Book Review: The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson relates the heroic saga of Winston Churchill’s Britain during the 1940–41 Nazi Blitz
The Quiet Heroine: Jeannette Guyot
Among the most decorated Allied agents in German-occupied France, Jeannette Guyot was arrested and withstood three months of interrogation. Yet after release the fearless young patriot resumed the fight.
