Nazi POWs in California Were Shown the Pacific Coast — They Couldn’t Believe it Was Real…
July 14th, 1944. Camp Beal, California. The transport trucks rumbled through the scorching central valley heat, carrying their cargo of German prisoners westward on Highway 99. Oberg…
At 99, Mel Brooks Finally Tells the Truth About Rob Reiner…
You look at Mel Brooks and you see the history of comedy. You see a man who is 98 years old, a man who has outlived his…
How One 17-Year-Old Girl’s “Silly” Idea Uncovered Germany’s Hidden Spy Network…
On the morning of September 14th, 1942, in the quiet coastal town of Falmouth, England, 17-year-old Margaret Peggy Thornton sat at her desk in the cramped back…
How One Sailor’s Forbidden Depth Charge Modification Sank 7 U Boats — Navy Banned It For 2 Years…
March 17th, 1941. 037 hours. The North Atlantic, 40 mi northeast of Ireland. Commander Donald McIntyre stands rigid on the bridge of HMS Walker, his knuckles white…
The Pharmacist Who Replaced Morphine with Snake Venom to Make SS Officers Feel the Pain…
In the winter of 1944, deep within the crumbling borders of Nazi occupied Poland, a man stood in the dim light of a basement pharmacy holding two…
The Question Patton Asked a German General — And Why It Was Never Recorded…
March 1945, Western Germany. The war is not over yet, but everyone in the room knows how it will end. The dining hall used to belong to…
The Grandma Who Used Chimney Smoke as Code to Guide Allied Bombers…
In the frozen winter of 1943, somewhere in the Nazi occupied countryside of Belgium, an elderly woman stood by her stone fireplace and made a decision that…
Germans Were Outranged By Patton’s ‘Greatest Battle Implement’ – The M1 Garand
December 16th, 1944. 0530 hours. Shne Eiffel Ridge, Belgian German border. The frozen mud cracked beneath boots as German forces prepared for what would become the Battle…
How One “Mad” Welder’s “Rejected Gun” Saved 50 Million Man-Hours During WW2
March 1941, Mayor Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California. The welding torch flickered in the dim light of the submarine construction bay as Edward Nelson, an $11 a…
German Infiltrators Dressed As GIs Caused Chaos Until U.S. MPs Exposed Them With A Baseball Question
December 17th, 1944. A checkpoint outside Iweila, Belgium. The jeep rolled to a stop as the military policeman raised his hand, his breath visible in the frozen…