Newsletter Archive

• 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?