"The things that move us most are often those we've never heard"
Discover the untold stories of World War II — from the men and women who became heroes in obscurity, to the forgotten operations that changed history, to the personal accounts from the beaches of Normandy that deserve to be remembered.
The weatherman who convinced Eisenhower to launch D-Day on June 6
Little-known details and surprising truths from WWII history
Stories of bravery that never made the headlines
Personal accounts from D-Day and the Liberation
The underground networks that fought back against occupation
Covert missions that changed the course of the war
The Japanese pilot who bombed Oregon and became the town's honorary citizen
A zoo director hid 300 Jews in animal cages during the Nazi occupation
A German ace's son served in WWII without knowing his father was a WWI ace
1,100 artists who fooled the Nazis with inflatable tanks and fake radio traffic
He saved 75 wounded soldiers under fire without carrying any weapon
Led 7,000 resistance fighters after her husband was tortured to death
Smuggled 2,500 Jewish children from the Warsaw Ghetto using toolboxes and potato sacks
Assassinated collaborators, refused to cooperate under torture, faced death without a blindfold
Private First Class Waverly B. Woodson Jr. was an African-American medic with the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion attached to the 1st Infantry Division. When his landing craft from the 629th Tank Destroyer Battalion hit an obstacle and exploded, Woodson was wounded in the thigh and groin by shrapnel. He spent 30 hours on the beach under fire, treating over 200 wounded soldiers. He removed bullets, administered plasma, amputated a foot, and performed tracheotomies. He was so exhausted that medics had to carry him off the beach when his work was done. Despite being recommended for the Medal of H...