The Czech Streamliner So Deadly Nazi Officers Were Banned From Driving It
Spring 1939, a wet road in occupied Moravia.
A German officer slides behind the wheel of a car that looks like it fell from the sky.
Silver, smooth as a raindrop, a fin running down its spine like a…
The Night Before the Storm: America’s First Strike Back
February 1st, 1942, hours.
The flight deck of the aircraft carrier Enterprise, somewhere north of the Marshall Islands.
The Pacific is black—not the dark of a highway or a field, but the absolute bl…
The Ghosts of Italy: How Canadian Snipers Terrified the German Army
November 1943, Morrow River Valley, Italy.
Captain Ernst Weber pressed his back against the cold stone wall of the farmhouse, his breath coming in short bursts that clouded in the freezing air.
Thre…
The Unyielding ANZACs: How Australia and New Zealand Gave Axis Generals Nightmares in WWII
In the annals of World War II, few fighting forces struck as much fear into the hearts of enemy commanders as the soldiers from Down Under.
The ANZACs—a name born in the bloody sands of Gallipoli—had…
The 100 Days That Broke the Habsburg Empire
In the winter of 1915, the Austro-Hungarian Empire sent 670,000 men into the Carpathian Mountains to relieve a besieged fortress.
None of them got within sixty miles of it.
They died in blizzards so…
Behind the Glitter: 21 Golden Age Stars Who Hid Their Truth
In the golden era of Hollywood, the spotlight shone brightest on stars who seemed to embody perfection.
But behind the dazzling smiles and red-carpet glamour, many of Tinseltown’s most beloved icons …
15 Untold Secrets from The Great Escape That Will Leave You Stunned
You’ve seen the film.
You know the legend.
But the story behind The Great Escape is more thrilling—and more dangerous—than anything on screen.
Behind the barbed wire and daring stunts lies a web of…
The Forgotten Hilltop: Ben Roberts-Smith’s First Medal for Gallantry
High in the mountains of southern Afghanistan, in the early summer of 2006, two Australian soldiers held a piece of ground they had no business holding.
Below them, a militia force pressed up the slo…
The Civilian Who Outflew the Aces: Lindbergh’s Secret Fuel Trick That Expanded the P-38’s Reach
The afternoon sun baked the dirt floor of the Hollandia recreation hall as Lieutenant Colonel Charles MacDonald stared at the checkerboard, trying to ignore the squeak of the screen door.
A man in a …
The White Widow: How a Punk Rocker Became ISIS’s Most Wanted Woman
She was just an ordinary woman from the suburbs of London—a punk rocker, a single mother, a nobody.
But beneath the surface of her seemingly mundane life, a storm was brewing.
Sally Ann Jones would …