Newsletter Archive
- Did you know an RAF superstition actually caused a real problem?
- Did you know an American patriot "bombed" three American war factories in World War II?
- Did you know about the other inventions of the man who came up with the iceberg carrier?
- Did you know a U.S. destroyer almost torpedoed President F. D. Roosevelt?
- Did you know a German soldier stayed on British soil after the war because of love?
- Did you know the last Japanese airman who attacked Pearl Harbor died recently?
- Did you know the Germans "stealth patched" a medieval castle on the Channel Islands?
- Did you know that World War II sea mines found a new purpose on the British Isles?
- Did you know why "Mayday" is the internationally used distress signal?
- Did you know the Germans almost killed Patton with a giant gun?
- Did You Know Eisenhower Flew on a Combat Mission Once?
- Did You Know An American Fighter Pilot Was Spared By His Enemies?
- Did you know the Navajo were neither the only nor the first code talkers?
- Did you know why U.S. warplanes only had a single roundel on their wings?
- Did you know a German pilot saved an American bomber crew in World War II?
- Did you know France attacked Germany before the other way around?
- Did you know that two New York skyscrapers were hit by planes near the end of World War II?
- Did you know the Germans lost secret war plans in enemy territory... twice?
- Did you know another missing American soldier has been identified?
- Did you know a Scotsman went into battle on D-Day armed with a bagpipe?
- Did you know F. D. Roosevelt once sailed together with a future prominent Fascist?
- Did you know a Jewish-American soldier was buried with Germans for 80 years?
- Did you know this year’s D-Day celebrations involved an unplanned flag removal?
- Did you know a special type of Coca Cola was developed just for one Soviet general?
- Did you know a plane crash caused a change to D-Day anniversary events?
- Did you know one of the most iconic James Bond villains was both a Nazi Party member and saved Jews?
- Did you know the Nazi war machine was (briefly) held up by a medieval knight?
- Did you know a man died during World War II because he resembled Churchill?
- Did you know how some Marines made their own ice cream in World War II?
- Did you know why a U.S. veteran’s ashes were recently laid to rest in Hungary?
- Did you know about the “Boeing Wonderland”?
- Did you know Hawaii used special money during World War II?
- Did you know that the remains of a long-lost World War II soldier recently returned home?
- Did you know Nazi Germany had a golden comb to use at sea?
- Did you know a World War II battleship was once disguised as houses?
- Did you know about Churchill's personal B-24 bomber?
- Did you know that kriegie radios were kept away even from most POWs?
- Did you know what the little red box in front of the pilot is in Masters of the Air?
- Did you know how the war ended for the German interrogator in Masters of the Air?
- Did you know about the real target of the Münster Raid?
- Did you know that Donut Dollies technically predated the world wars?
- Did you know about the aerial rockets seen in Masters of the Air?
- Did you know why the German planes attacked from the front in Masters of the Air?
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- Did you know two brothers who died in World War II were reunited 74 years later?
- Did you know the airfield Enola Gay and Bockscar took off from is getting a major facelift?
- Did you know why tankers have special boots since World War II?
- Did you know we have lost a color since World War II?
- Did you know you could bet on the death of humanity during the Trinity bomb test?
- Did you know that the first news of D-Day was carried back by pigeon?
- Did you know that Fascism has a strange historical link to The Hobbit?
- Did you know that pieces of World War II battleships ended up in hospitals and labs?
- Did you know you can (sort of) drive a car over the battleship Tirpitz?
- Did you know that a World War II heavy bomber was recently recovered in the Netherlands?
- Did you know why the Pentagon has an unusual number of bathrooms?
- Did you know Nazi Germany tried to build a coal-powered plane?
- Did you know a secret German base was defeated by a dead animal?
- Did you know the Vatican was bombed in World War II?
- Did you know two World War II planes stuck into each other midair – and landed safely?
- Did you know that a unique World War II fighter will be recovered from a lake in the future?
- Did you know the U.S. military built a “Japanese warship” in a dry lake?
- Did you know that a famous Japanese World War II wreck was recently explored?
- Did you know a World War II German war machine had just been found in Poland?
- Did you know what happened to Rommel’s horse?
- Did you know that a World War II veteran who made headlines in 2014 will be immortalized in film?
- Did you know a top Nazi almost gatecrashed the British Royal Coronation?
- Did you know that a World War II sub once had a reindeer onboard?
- Did you know that a World War II torpedo was fished out of the sea this summer?
- Did you know that Smokey Bear was born due to World War II?
- Did you know a World War II special operations submarine has just been found?
- Did you know a single airplane once captured an island?
- Did you know that Japan saved thousands of Jews during World War II?
- Did you know about Nazi Germany’s Antarctic colony?
- Did you know that several British World War II fighters have just been found in Ukraine?
- Did you know a Nazi purge had links to ancient British history?
- Did you know that some D-Day soldiers had their resolve tested by feminine wiles?
- Did you know America briefly considered painting Mount Fuji black?
- Did you know there were actually two paratroopers who landed on the Sainte-Mère-Église church on D-Day?
- Did you know that D-Day was almost betrayed by the weather TWICE?
- Did you know the last aerial fight of World War II occurred after the war ended?
- Did you know American submarine crews used to drink torpedo fuel?
- Did you know that a famous World War II photo hides evidence of illegal looting?
- Did you know the Iroquois declared their own war on the Axis in World War II?
- Did you know that the ship involved in Australia’s greatest maritime tragedy has just been found?
- Did you know the Spitfire had a special beer-carrying version?
- Did you know Stalin and Churchill were avid billiards player?
- Did you know why so many Japanese transport ships had “maru” in their name during World War II?
- Did you know that the Eagle’s Nest can “run” on a submarine engine?
- Did you know Hitler was derided as a “Bohemian corporal” due to a misunderstanding?
- Did you know F.D.R. was the “most civilian” of all major World War II leaders?
- Did you know why some Allied bombers were given ridiculous paintjobs?
- Did you know that the wreck of a long-lost World War II submarine was just identified?
- Did you know that Los Angeles was attacked by an invisible enemy in World War II?
- Did you know at least one World War II bomber was bombed… in the air?
- Did you know we can thank World War II for microwave ovens?
- Did you know that a U.S. submarine “sunk” an enemy train during World War II?
- Did you know that the last naval battle of World War II was fought by sailing ships?
- Did you know that messenger pigeons still saw heavy use in World War II?
- Did you know that a device with a very naughty name saved many British pilots?
- Did you know a famous British actor was almost taken for a German saboteur?
- Did you know Walt Disney’s ancestors came from Normandy?
- Did you know D-Day’s secrecy depended on a man who wasn’t even supposed to know about it?
- Did you know that Shermans last fought Panzer IVs long after World War II?
- Did you know that the Nazis did not invent concentration camps?
- Did you know that the Royal Navy had a friendly fire incident that was a double “historic first”?
- Did you know the British liked their clergy with a big bang?
- Did you know that a British piece of gear became a hit with the Germans?
- Did you know that Hitler’s life was saved by bad weather?
- Did you know that German paratroopers had to jump without their guns?
- Did you know that four Rangers once captured 850 Germans?
- Did you know that an American spy was instructed to “eliminate” her own leg?
- Did you know that the Nazis loved Coca-Cola?
- Did you know that American military chocolate was hated by the troops?
- Did you know that the „worst gun of World War II” was slandered?
- Did you know the first American casualty of WW II died before the attack on Pearl Harbor?
- Did you know that the Germans literally tried to blow Allied planes out of the sky?
- Did you know that a Luftwaffe ace flew into battle with lobster and champagne?
- Did you know that a cocktail helped the British beat Rommel?
- Did you know that the Normandy American Cemetery "moved" once?
- Did you know that the Spitfire did not win the Battle of Britain alone?
- Did you know that the USAAF was attacked by a volcano?
- Did you know how tea influenced armored warfare?
- Did you know about the catastrophic mission for the U.S. Rangers?
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