U-530: The U-Boat That Escaped to Argentina-ZZ
At dawn on July 10th, 1945, Argentine fishermen off the naval base at Mardel Plata saw an unexpected silhouette emerge in the distance. A large…
Read moreWhen 54 Japanese Tried to Execute One American — He Killed Them All in 7 Minutes-ZZ
At 07:30 on September 18th, 1944, Private First Class Arthur Jackson pressed his body against a coral outcrop on Peloo Island, watching Japanese machine gun…
Read moreWhen Two B-17s Piggybacked-ZZ
It’s December 31st, 1944, and in the cockpit of his B-17, “The Little Skipper”, is 2nd Lieutenant Glenn Rojohn alongside his co-pilot, 2nd Lieutenant William…
Read moreGermans Captured Him — He Laughed, Then Took Down 21 of Them in 45 Seconds-ZZ
January 29th, 1945, 2:47 p.m. Holtzheim, Belgium. First Sergeant Leonard Funk walks around the corner of a farmhouse and stops dead. 90 German soldiers are…
Read moreWhat American Soldiers Did When a Mother Found the Guard Who Killed Her Son-ZZ
The makeshift courtroom was located in the dirt courtyard of a recently liberated concentration camp. It was the spring of 1945. Heavily armed American military…
Read moreAustrian Cardinal Who Told People to Pray for Hitler-ZZ
12 March 1938, Austria. German troops move across the Austrian border without resistance and by morning, armoured columns are moving through the streets of Vienna,…
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