Filled with surprises as it has been, the war has provided no stranger, indeed amazing, occurrence than the arrival in Scotland of Rudolf Hess,...
The significance of the sinking of U-487 was far greater than just the loss of a refueler, as critical as that may have been. The loss of this...
Every day, Wehrmacht commanders in the field sent reports back to base. Their dispatches included details as mundane as the weather - and as...
Defense against amphibious attack at sea remained a Kriegsmarine responsibility and the navy had both deep-water mines and coastal mines for this...
It was 1940, the Nazis were in the ascendant, the Blitz at its deadliest, and Britain's last hope was to bring a reluctant United States into the...