Category: People
Remembering Max Wolf – How One German From Brazil Became a Hero by Fighting Nazis
“He became a legend among the ordinary soldiers of the Brazilian Expeditionary Force.” By Mary Jo McConahay THEY GREW UP in a part of the world where young men joined Hitler Youth organizations, where the…
She Spies – Six Amazing Female Agents Who Helped the Allies Win WW2
“Some disrupted enemy communications, others planted mines and bombs. A few, armed with grenades and Sten guns, even fought as undercover combatants.” By Greg Lewis THE SECOND WORLD War was in many ways a women’s…
Benedict Arnold – Nine Things You Didn’t Know About America’s Most Infamous Traitor
“… I have suffered, in seeing the fair fabric of reputation… undermined by those, whose posterity (as well as themselves) will feel the blessed effects of my efforts.” –Benedict Arnold, January, 1780 By Joyce Lee…
Napoleon’s Middle-East Quagmire — Amazing Facts About the Disastrous Egypt Campaign
“Instead of seeing Napoleon’s army as liberators, the Egyptians revolted and the French found themselves cut off and engaged in a vicious insurgency far from home.” By David Smethhurst NAPOLEON BONAPARTE’S Egypt campaign began in…
Inside Churchill’s Spy Files – Five Top Secret Intelligence Operations That Helped the Allies Win WW2
“GARBO proved to be the most successful double agent of all time.” By Nigel West IN APRIL OF 1943, the British Security Service (MI5) agreed to begin briefing the Prime Minister on its most classified…
‘The War That Changed the World’ – America’s WW1 Centennial Commission Gears Up for a Summer of Commemorations
“World War One remains America’s forgotten war, even though more U.S. citizens gave their lives in it than in Korea and Vietnam combined.” ONE HUNDRED YEARS ago today, 4,000 soldiers of the U.S. Army’s 28th Infantry…
