6 obscure facts from the depths of WWII history. Even Mike might not know these.
British woman Pearl Witherington was rejected three times by SOE before being sent to France undercover as a lingerie saleswoman. When her commanding officer was arrested, she took command of 3,000 Maquis fighters. Under her leadership they derailed …
At Camp Manners Creek in Australia, the U.S. Army's 682nd Amphibian Tank Battalion became so homesick that their commanding officer organized an elaborate 'invasion' of their own camp as a morale exercise, complete with amphibious tanks, fake radio b…
In the winter of 1944, during the brutal fighting in the Huertgen Forest, an unofficial localized ceasefire occurred when American and German soldiers independently stopped firing and sang Christmas carols across the lines in Sector 7 near Vossenack.…
During the Battle of the Bulge, Technician 4th Grade John P. Hines was the lone surviving member of a 13-man forward observer team. Surrounded at St. Vith, he carried a SCR-300 radio (weighing 35 lbs) and ran five miles through active German artiller…
On May 5, 1945, four days after Hitler died, US soldiers and German Wehrmacht troops fought side by side against Waffen-SS at Castle Itter in Austria. The castle held French VIP prisoners including former Prime Ministers. German Major Josef Gangl def…
The strangest battle of WWII: On May 5, 1945 — four days after Hitler's death and one day before Germany surrendered — American soldiers and German Wehrmacht troops literally fought SIDE BY SIDE against Waffen-SS forces to defend Itter Castle in Aust…