
June 4th, 1942, Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo stood on the bridge of the carrier Akagi, watching his aircraft return from their strike against Midway Island.…

June 3rd, 1942. Aboard the aircraft carrier Akagi, Vice Admiral Tuichi Nagumo stood on the bridge as his flagship cut through the North Pacific swells.…

May 8th, 1945. The war in Europe is over. A 23-year-old German fighter pilot surrenders to American forces. He’s the most successful fighter racece in…

September 19th, 1940, Warsaw. A 39-year-old Polish cavalry officer named Vitold Pitky stands on a street corner during a German roundup. He watches soldiers seize…

Berlin, 1948. A 7-year-old girl named Mercedes Simon sits down to write a letter. The city around her lies in ruins. 2 million people face…

December 20th, 1943 over Germany. A Luftvafa fighter pilot pulls his Messid BF109 alongside a crippled American B7 bomber. The American crew can see him…

August 7th, 1942, over Guadal Canal. A Japanese Zero fighter attacks a formation of American dive bombers. The rear gunner fires back. A single bullet…

The American Pilot Searched 40 Years for the Enemy Who Saved Him — Then They Became Brothers December 1943, a German fighter pilot spared a…

The train exhaled as if relieved to stop fighting forward motion. Steam poured from the valves and rolled across the Kansas prairie like spilled milk…

At 0647 on June 6th, 1944, Commander Samuel Dei stood in the cramped conning tower of USS Harter, watching three Japanese destroyers cut through the…





