Tag: World War Two
Target Berlin – Inside the Forgotten Soviet Bomber Raids on Hitler’s Capital
“The Soviet Union’s burgeoning strategic bomber arm carried out attacks on Berlin too.” AT THE START of the Second World War, Hitler’s air force chief Hermann Göring made a brazen pronouncement: If enemy planes drop a single…
A Nazi Titanic Film? – The Third Reich’s Outrageous Take on History’s Most Famous Maritime Disaster
“Titanic cost Berlin an estimated 4 million Reichsmarks (roughly equal to $180 million today) making it one of the most expensive films of the 20th Century.” FOR MORE THAN a century, the RMS Titanic has been…
Raid on Los Baños – The WW2 Prison Camp Rescue That History Forgot
“The coordinated strike on the camp by 170 U.S. paratroopers and 75 Filipino guerrillas would use the element of surprise to overwhelm the few guards that remained at their posts.” By Bruce Henderson SHORTLY AFTER SUNRISE…
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…
From Football Cleats to Army Boots – How the 1942 Rose Bowl Marked the End of Innocence for a Group of Young Athletes
“More than 70 of the players and coaches from the 1942 Rose Bowl would put on U.S. military uniforms, with many distinguishing themselves in battle.” By Brian Curtis ON JANUARY 1, 1942, as President Franklin…
America’s Submarine War – How the ‘Silent Service’ Quietly Brought About the Downfall of Japan
“While conventional wisdom holds that the atomic bombs ended the Pacific War, it was America’s blockade of Japan that brought the empire to its knees.” By Augustine Kobayashi WHILE BRITAIN, beleaguered by German U-boats, received…
