With Germany upset about how WWI ended and Japan upset about a lack-of-access to much-needed natural resources, another war sent the world into chaos between 1939-1945. Stories in this collection are about some of those events.
Two months before her death, at age 91, Edith Shain tells her story about the time an unknown sailor kissed her.
American papers publish what the British papers will not publish about King Edward's relationship with Wallis Simpson.
Before the Allied troops reached their respective destinations, on Normandy's beaches, General Eisenhower charged them to do their duty.
One of Germanys important assets during the first part of the war was a small keyboard machine known as Enigma.
Working with Enigma decipher materials originally created by Polish code breakers, Alan Turing and his team at Bletchley Park (south of London) create...
In April of 1945, a vicious battle began on the Pacific island of Okinawa. Called "Operation Iceberg," the fighting lasted about 82 days. Learn about ...
As the battle for Peleliu dragged on, the Marines began to wonder if anyone would leave the island alive.
Eugene Bondurant Sledge (also known as "Sledgehammer" and/or "E.
The battle for Peleliu was supposed to be quick and easy.
After the war, Eugene Sledge spent several months in China with the occupying forces.
This video biography about Eugene Sledge - author of With the Old Breed - uses archival war footage (from the U.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer, who first publicly spoke-out against Adolf Hitler soon after his rise to power, was hanged in April of 1945 for allegedly taking ...
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