80 Years Later: Anne Frank’s Sister Breaks Her Silence-ZZ
On June 12, 1942, a young girl received a diary for her 13th birthday. The gift was given during one of the most turbulent and…
Read moreNazi Pilots Laughed At The “Red Tails” — Until Tuskegee Aces Shot Down 112-ZZ
It still sits there. Hangar B at the Smithsonian’s Udvarhazi Center, Chantelli, Virginia. A Messormid ME262 Ver Numa50491. Tactical marking yellow 7. The fastest combat…
Read moreWhat Happened to General Kuribayashi’s Family After Iwo Jima-ZZ
March 1945, Ewima. The battle had lasted 36 days. 6,800 Americans were dead. More Marines died on that island than in any other engagement in…
Read moreWhy German Generals Said The American Jeep Was The Best Weapon Of WW2-ZZ\
In the late autumn of 1943, somewhere in the United States, American engineers got their hands on a small German staff car that had been…
Read moreWhy German Mechanics Couldn’t Copy US Field Repair Methods-ZZ
Summer of 1944, Northern France, a German workshop somewhere behind the lines. A young Utra Fisher, a non-commissioned mechanic, is standing in front of an…
Read moreHow Early Submarine Disasters Forced A Revolution In Design-ZZ – Part 2
U35 was given no special treatment by a British captives. With the war over, it was mothalled and finally broken up for scrap in 1920….
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