Collateral Casualties: Poetry of the Second World War
"Only Man deserves brute suffering"
‘Loose Lips Sinks Ships’: Navy WAVES Recalls Cracking German Enigma Code
“It was an odd time. I felt it was demeaning to do housework when I knew I was capable of something else…"
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.
Britain’s Secret Weapon: The 13-Year-Old Schoolgirl Who Helped Win the Battle of Britain
The Luftwaffe met their match with the teenage Hazel Hill
Angelina Jolie to Sell the Only Painting Created by Winston Churchill During WWII
It’s the celebrity gossip military historians didn’t know they needed — until now.
Honoring Anna Mae Robertson and the ‘Six Triple Eight,’ WWII’s First and Only All-Black Female Battalion
With the motto, 'no mail, low morale,' the battalion tackled a two-year backlog of mail in 1945
Captain Sir Tom Moore, WWII Vet Who Raised Nearly $40 Million for the NHS, Dies at 100
"You've inspired the whole nation, and I know we are all wishing you a full recovery" tweeted Prime Minister Boris Johnson
The ‘Japanese Schindler’ Who Saved Thousands of Lives During the Holocaust
The Japanese diplomat is credited with saving the lives of as many as 6,000 Jewish men, women, and children prior to 1941
Eddie Robinson, Who Just Turned 100, Helped Make Military Baseball ‘The Show’ During War Years
Looking back, the 1948 Cleveland Indians World Series champion credits the Navy for instilling the discipline that helped him build a 65-year-old career in the game he loves
Russian Museum Honors Women War Heroes with Art Exhibit
Russia’s largest military history museum launched an art exhibit to honor female fighters from World War II
Japanese Ace Tomokazu Kasai Dies at 94
“I still have the same dream of a Hellcat on my tail, and I can’t shake it.”
‘Ernie was one of us’
Ernie Pyle covered World War II from a soldier’s-eye view. Millions of loyal readers devoured every word.
World War II Female Spitfire Pilot Dies at 103
Eleanor Wadsworth successfully flew Spitfires 132 times during World War II despite having no previous flying experience
Book Review: Britain at Bay
Alan Allport delves into personalities, politics and economics to recast British WWII history in a book that may raise hackles
A Method to His Madness: Raymond Westerling in the Dutch Indies
Tasked with suppressing a nationalist insurgency in the East Indies, Turkish-born Dutch commando Raymond Westerling proved brutally successful
