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Big Bangs – Some of the Largest Wartime Explosions in History
At precisely 11:11 a.m. on Nov. 27, 1944, the relative quiet of RAF Fauld near Staffordshire, England was shattered in a split second when a 4,000-lb. bomb in the base’s 1,700 sq. ft. underground munitions…
A “Neutral” Power? – American Involvement in WW2 Before Pearl Harbor
“Despite Washington’s official position of neutrality, in the weeks and months leading up to Dec. 7, 1941, American forces clashed with the Germans and Japanese.” THE JAPANESE SURPRISE attack on Pearl Harbor may have officially propelled…
Get Out of Jail Free — How Allied Flyers Used Monopoly to Escape From German POW Camps
“The games containing these secret escape kits were unwittingly distributed to POWs as part of care packages right under the nose of German prison guards.” FOR CAPTURED flyers in World War Two, Monopoly was more…
Dying in a Winter Wonderland — Unearthing the Hidden Cause of Napoleon’s Stunning Reversal in Russia
Two hundred years ago today, the last of Napoleon’s Grande Armee staggered out of Russia frostbitten, starving and half dead. The ramshackle column of fewer than 50,000 scarecrows was all that remained of the seemingly…
Crossing the Red Line — 12 World Powers That Used Chemical Weapons Since the First World War
“The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1992 achieved a near-universal rejection of poison gas.” FOLLOWING THE introduction of chemical weapons during in the First World War, global opinion has largely condemned the use of gas. In…
Article Examines Nazi Involvement in the “Day of Infamy”
“Codes between the Nazi agent and the Japanese were worked out in advance.” UNLESS YOU’VE BEEN paying close attention to the coverage of the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor you likely missed this fascinating article from…
