5 obscure facts from the depths of WWII history. Even Mike might not know these.
Ukrainian sniper Lyudmila Pavlichenko had 309 confirmed kills during the Siege of Odessa and the defense of Sevastopol — the most kills by a female sniper in history. She started the war as a university student studying history, and volunteered for t…
The 588th Night Bomber Regiment, composed entirely of women pilots, flew over 23,000 sorties during WWII. They flew obsolete wooden Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes — crop-duster designs — and attacked by cutting their engines and gliding to their targets at…
Virginia Hall, an American socialite from Baltimore with a wooden prosthetic leg (which she named 'Cuthbert'), became arguably the most effective Allied agent in occupied France. Her work with SOE was so effective that Klaus Barbie, the 'Butcher of L…
Noor Inayat Khan was a direct descendant of Tipu Sultan, the last ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore, and was a published children's author before volunteering for the SOE. She was the first female wireless operator sent into occupied France, operating i…
British woman Pearl Witherington was rejected by the SOE three times for field work before finally being sent to France in 1943. Working undercover as a lingerie saleswoman, she built one of the most effective sabotage networks in Occupied France. Wh…