The stories they don't teach in history class
Surprising, unusual, and little-known truths from WWII
1,100 artists who fooled the Nazis with inflatable tanks and fake radio traffic
A Japanese diplomat who saved 6,000 Jews against orders
An entire French village that conspired to save thousands of Jews
The weatherman who convinced Eisenhower to launch D-Day on June 6
A submarine sunk by its own captain misusing the toilet
A German ace's son served in WWII without knowing his father was a WWI ace
A British destroyer crew having tea on deck caused a U-boat to surrender
A B-17 that landed safely despite having its tail cut off
POWs built a working glider in an attic above a prison chapel
A submarine that sank twice and served twice
A German ace with 158 victories who protected downed Allied pilots
Japanese balloon bombs that killed Americans in Oregon
Monopoly games containing real escape tools for POWs
A Jewish art historian who tricked Göring into saving masterpieces
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
The last successful cavalry charge with swords in WWII
America's most decorated soldier was too small for the Marines
A German general who led two coup attempts against Hitler
The female pilots who delivered every type of WWII aircraft
Nazi treasure still lying at the bottom of a Bavarian lake
Elite bomber squadron that flew missions in carpet slippers
The heroic pigeon that inspired WWII pigeon handlers
Ordinary German police who refused to participate in atrocities