Category: People
The Puppet Masters – How Japan’s Military Established a Vassal State in Inner Mongolia
“Japan propped up the region’s fledgling nationalist movement as a means to to further destabilize China, as well as to provide a strategic glacis in the event of a larger war with the Soviet Union.”…
Ernest Hemingway’s Secret War – Was America’s Foremost Writer Really a Spy?
“Thanks to newly revealed documents, this amazing story can now be told in its entirety for the first time.” By Nicholas Reynolds ERNEST HEMINGWAY was one of the most celebrated and influential writers of the…
The Birth of the SAS — How a Paralyzed British Officer Dreamed Up the Elite Commando Unit from a Hospital Bed
“The commandos were intended to be Britain’s storm troops, volunteers selected and trained to carry out destructive raids against Axis targets.” No Allied commando unit in World War Two could match the record of Britain’s Special…
The Third Reich’s Fifth Column – 12 Germans Who Stood Up to the Nazis
“You did not bear the shame. You resisted.” TODAY, THE BENDLERBLOCK is an innocuous looking office building in the Berlin’s Tiergarten district. But in 1944, the site was a key army headquarters. It was also ground-zero for…
In the Line of Fire – Meet the 56-Year-Old Son of a U.S. President Who Fought in D-Day
“Sheltering in the cover of a newly arrived tank, the general gathered with other commanders and determined famously that: ‘We’ll start the war from right here.’” By Tim Brady IT WAS NEAR 1:30 a.m. on…
“I Want YOU!” – The Story Behind One of the Most Famous Wartime Posters in History
“Four million copies of the poster were quickly printed and plastered onto walls and signposts from Maine to California. Within weeks, just about every American citizen had seen it.” YOU’VE PROBABLY NEVER heard the name James Montgomery Flagg, but…
