Others brought a bucket of hot water with fire. They held Himmler’s dying body by the ankles and dunked his head into the water in…

On May 21st, 1945, at a checkpoint in northern Germany, a small group of former Soviet prisoners of war captured three German soldiers who were…
Thus, by 1943, it must have been clear to high-ranking Nazi officials like Frank that unless Germany developed some revolutionary weapon like the nuclear bomb…

Hans Michael Frank, who became known as the butcher of Poland, was a German lawyer and politician affiliated with the Nazi party who served directly…
Rankin voted against the declaration and refused to yield to the pressure of her colleagues, even when she was publicly booed from the gallery. Explaining…

On a sleepy Sunday morning in 1941, the Hawaiian island of Oahu could not have seemed more peaceful or idyllic. Even with the relatively recent…

May 22nd, 1946. A gray morning enveloped the city of Prague. In the streets near Pancra Prison, groups of people gathered, some trying to see,…
American casualties had already exceeded all pre-invasion estimates. The 5-day battle had stretched into its third week with no end in sight. Baron Nishi’s tank…

June 19th, 1944. Chidori airfield, Iwoima. Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi stepped off the transport plane onto the volcanic ash runway, immediately enveloped by oppressive heat.…

When the fighting in Europe ceased in May 1945, the silence did not mean immediate order. Scattered along secondary roads, destroyed industrial areas, and rural…





