Category: Odd Facts
No, Hitler Did Not Survive WW2! – Debunking Four Outlandish Conspiracy Theories About the Fate of the Führer
“The idea that the Allies allowed Hitler to escape damages vital trust in our democracies, our intelligence services, our historians and our scientists.” By Luke Daly-Groves CONSPIRACY THEORIES about Adolf Hitler’s death are frustratingly enduring…
Speed Wars – New Doc Shines Light on WW2’s Pharmacological Arms Race
“British, American and German military researchers raced to discover and mass-distribute super drugs that would create ferocious and tireless fighting men.” IT’S THE HISTORY they never taught us about in school. A new PBS documentary…
Last Act of Defiance – Why a German Admiral Deliberately Sank His Own Fleet in British Waters
“The commander of the 70 impounded ships had his men destroy the vessels rather than see them awarded to the victors.” ALTHOUGH THE GUNS of the First World War fell silent on Nov. 11, 1918, it was not until the…
Ultra and Overlord — How Allied Intelligence Spelled the Difference Between Victory and Defeat During the Normandy Campaign
“By the spring of 1944, some 5,600 people worked on deciphering, translating, or interpreting messages intercepted by legions of radio operators located throughout Nazi occupied Europe.” By John Prados THE FIRST-GENERATION histories of D-Day and…
Alternate Endings — Five Leading Causes of Death for Soldiers in Napoleon’s Army
“Only about a 30 per cent of all fatalities occurred in combat.” By Dr. Bernard Wilkin IN OUR UPCOMING book, Fighting the British, my co-author and I calculated that approximately 45 per cent of all…
Dinner With Himmler – An American Paratrooper’s Bizarre Encounter With One of the Third Reich’s Top Officials
“Metcalfe turned and immediately recognized one of the officers was indeed Hitler’s own SS chief, Heinrich Himmler in the flesh.” By Marcus A. Nannini EUGENE METCALFE OF the 82nd Airborne’s 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment was…
