WW II History
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Tony Stein USMC Hero of Iwo Jima 1945
Corporal Tony Stein of the 28th Marines used his improvised Stinger machine gun to earn a well deserved Congressional Medal of Honor on the beaches of Iwo Jima in 1945
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Ilse Koch She Wolf of the SS
Ilse Koch was possibly the worst and most notorious of all of the female SS Nazi's in the terrible Concentration Camps of World War Two.
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The WWII Hybrid Battleship Carriers of Japan
Meant to bridge the gap between carriers and surface ships, the old battleships Ise and Hyuga of the Japanese Navy underwent an odd conversion
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The Heavy Cruiser IJNS Mogami
The INJS Mogami was a modern and unique vessel in the Imperial Japanese Navy in WWII and became one of the world's only cruiser-carriers.
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The Japanese Mogami Class Cruisers
The Mogami class heavy cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy were a supporting actor in the great naval Battles in the Pacific in World War Two
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Lyudmila Pavlichenko Sniper Super Star
Lyudmila Pavlichenko became a legend during the Sieges of Odessa & Sevastopol in 1941-42. Her story made her an international celebrity and furthered the war effort.
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Lyudmila Pavlichenko Female Sniper Queen
The young Ukrainian girl, taking a summer off from college, took up a sniper rifle and killed no less than 309 Nazi soldiers.
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The Bronze Soldier of Tallinn
Erected over the graves of Soviet war dead in 1947 Tallinn, the monument became a controversial symbol in post cold war Estonia
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Hollywood Heroes in World War Two
Most were not famous at the time, but history would remember these actors, directors and producers more for what they would accomplish later than for the War.
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Presidents in World War Two
Most were not famous at the time, but history would remember these presidents and sons of presidents more for what they would accomplish later than for the War.
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Famous Americans in World War Two
Most were not famous at the time, but history would remember these writers, prophets, boxers and musicians more for what they would accomplish later than for the war.
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The Polish WWII Cavalry in 1939
Engaged in the War less than a month, 11 brigades of the Polish cavalry made no less than 16 all out charges against the German invaders.
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Amedeo Guillet Cavalry Hero of WWII
Flamboyant Italian Lt. Amedeo Guillet, with his motley Gruppo Bande a Cavallo Amhara, became the ghost of the desert in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia during WWII
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The Most Famous Cavalry Charge of WWII
The Italian 3rd Dragoons Savoia Cavalry Regiment conducted one of the last charges by horse mounted soldiers in modern warfare.
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The Last Cavalry Charges
World War Two Saw the Final Hurrah of Horse Mounted Cavalry. Horsemen from the US, Britain, Poland and Italy made the last cavalry charges of the 20th Century.
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The Fa-330 Bachstelze U-boat Kite
The unique 180-pound Focke-Achgelis Fa-330 Bachstelze (Wagtail) was designed as an unpowered helicopter/kite to be towed behind German U-boats in World War II
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Finnish War Hero Lauri Allan Törni
The young Lauri Allan Törni served as legendary commander of ski-borne, machinegun toting Jaeger troops in the Finnish Winter War as well as World War Two.
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WWII Cruiser HMS Exeter Found
The Royal Navy's Heavy cruiser HMS Exeter had a brief but legendary war service. In her 18-months of War she helped kill the Graf Spee and fought the Japanese.
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The Axis World War II Airlink
With secret submarine voyages taking months, the Axis looked into a rapid communication air link to keep in contact during World War Two.
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Luxembourg in World War Two
Small Luxembourg, shamed by her performance under German occupation in World War One, vowed to fight in World War Two.
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The Lancastria Sinking Tragedy
The Troopship Lancastria, carrying as many as 9,000 British Army soldiers of the defeated BEF was sunk while trying to escape France in 1940.
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The Tacoma Class Frigates PF-03
The Tacoma class frigates were the forgotten, overlooked and almost unwanted ships that got the job done in World War Two and Korea.
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Japanese Balloon Bombs of WWII
Desperate to avenge the brutal American attacks on the Japanese homeland, Japan invented one of the strangest weapons in aerial combat.
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