Newsletter Archive

• September 22, 2023Did you know a World War II German war machine had just been found in Poland?
  
• September 15, 2023Did you know what happened to Rommel’s horse?
  
• September 8, 2023Did you know that a World War II veteran who made headlines in 2014 will be immortalized in film?
  
• September 1, 2023Did you know a top Nazi almost gatecrashed the British Royal Coronation?
  
• August 25, 2023Did you know that a World War II sub once had a reindeer onboard?
  
• August 17, 2023Did you know that a World War II torpedo was fished out of the sea this summer?
  
• August 11, 2023Did you know that Smokey Bear was born due to World War II?
  
• August 4, 2023Did you know a World War II special operations submarine has just been found?
  
• July 29, 2023Did you know a single airplane once captured an island?
  
• July 21, 2023Did you know that Japan saved thousands of Jews during World War II?
  
• July 14, 2023Did you know about Nazi Germany’s Antarctic colony?
  
• July 7, 2023Did you know that several British World War II fighters have just been found in Ukraine?
  
• July 2, 2023Did you know a Nazi purge had links to ancient British history?
  
• June 23, 2023Did you know that some D-Day soldiers had their resolve tested by feminine wiles?
  
• June 16, 2023Did you know America briefly considered painting Mount Fuji black?
  
• June 9, 2023Did you know there were actually two paratroopers who landed on the Sainte-Mère-Église church on D-Day?
  
• June 2, 2023Did you know that D-Day was almost betrayed by the weather TWICE?
  
• May 26, 2023Did you know the last aerial fight of World War II occurred after the war ended?
  
• May 19, 2023Did you know American submarine crews used to drink torpedo fuel?
  
• May 12, 2023Did you know that a famous World War II photo hides evidence of illegal looting?
  
• May 5, 2023Did you know the Iroquois declared their own war on the Axis in World War II?
  
• April 28, 2023Did you know that the ship involved in Australia’s greatest maritime tragedy has just been found?
  
• April 21, 2023Did you know the Spitfire had a special beer-carrying version?
  
• April 14, 2023Did you know Stalin and Churchill were avid billiards player?
  
• April 8, 2023Did you know why so many Japanese transport ships had “maru” in their name during World War II?
  
• March 31, 2023Did you know that the Eagle’s Nest can “run” on a submarine engine?
  
• March 24, 2023Did you know Hitler was derided as a “Bohemian corporal” due to a misunderstanding?
  
• March 17, 2023Did you know F.D.R. was the “most civilian” of all major World War II leaders?
  
• March 12, 2023Did you know why some Allied bombers were given ridiculous paintjobs?
  
• March 3, 2023Did you know that the wreck of a long-lost World War II submarine was just identified?
  
• February 26, 2023Did you know that Los Angeles was attacked by an invisible enemy in World War II?
  
• February 19, 2023Did you know at least one World War II bomber was bombed… in the air?
  
• February 12, 2023Did you know we can thank World War II for microwave ovens?
  
• January 29, 2023Did you know that a U.S. submarine “sunk” an enemy train during World War II?
  
• January 22, 2023Did you know that the last naval battle of World War II was fought by sailing ships?
  
• January 15, 2023Did you know that messenger pigeons still saw heavy use in World War II?
  
• January 8, 2023Did you know that a device with a very naughty name saved many British pilots?
  
• January 1, 2023Did you know a famous British actor was almost taken for a German saboteur?
  
• December 25, 2022Did you know Walt Disney’s ancestors came from Normandy?
  
• December 18, 2022Did you know D-Day’s secrecy depended on a man who wasn’t even supposed to know about it?
  
• December 11, 2022Did you know that Shermans last fought Panzer IVs long after World War II?
  
• December 4, 2022Did you know that the Nazis did not invent concentration camps?
  
• November 27, 2022Did you know that the Royal Navy had a friendly fire incident that was a double “historic first”?
  
• November 20, 2022Did you know the British liked their clergy with a big bang?
  
• November 13, 2022Did you know that a British piece of gear became a hit with the Germans?
  
• November 6, 2022Did you know that Hitler’s life was saved by bad weather?
  
• October 30, 2022Did you know that German paratroopers had to jump without their guns?
  
• October 23, 2022Did you know that four Rangers once captured 850 Germans?
  
• October 16, 2022Did you know that an American spy was instructed to “eliminate” her own leg?
  
• October 9, 2022Did you know that the Nazis loved Coca-Cola?
  
• October 2, 2022Did you know that American military chocolate was hated by the troops?
  
• September 25, 2022Did you know that the „worst gun of World War II” was slandered?
  
• September 18, 2022Did you know the first American casualty of WW II died before the attack on Pearl Harbor?
  
• September 11, 2022Did you know that the Germans literally tried to blow Allied planes out of the sky?
  
• September 4, 2022Did you know that a Luftwaffe ace flew into battle with lobster and champagne?
  
• August 28, 2022Did you know that a cocktail helped the British beat Rommel?
  
• August 21, 2022Did you know that the Normandy American Cemetery "moved" once?
  
• August 14, 2022Did you know that the Spitfire did not win the Battle of Britain alone?
  
• August 7, 2022Did you know that the USAAF was attacked by a volcano?
  
• July 31, 2022Did you know how tea influenced armored warfare?
  
• July 24, 2022Did you know about the catastrophic mission for the U.S. Rangers?