Category Archives: Untold story
The Italian Partisans Who Captured Mussolini’s Gold Convoy
It happened in the final months of World War II, when Italy was tearing itself [...]
German Soldiers Were Shocked When British Commandos Raided Their Base at Midnight
Midnight, 1942. A cold wind sweeps across the French coastline as German sentries warm their [...]
Japanese Engineers Couldn’t Believe U.S. Mines Detonated From Miles Away
December 1943 – Truk Lagoon, Central Pacific. A Japanese engineering team stands aboard a small [...]
Japanese Infantry Couldn’t Believe The Jungle Was Working Against Them
December 1942 – Guadalcanal. Rain hammered the canopy, turning the jungle into a steaming, suffocating [...]
German Air Crews Were Shocked When Their Bombs Went Missing Mid-Flight
September 1943. High above the Bay of Biscay, a formation of German Heinkel He-111 bombers [...]
German Engineers Were Stunned When They Saw Sherman Tanks Drive Through Swamps
June 1944 — Eastern France. Rain hammered the forests, turning the fields into bottomless mud. [...]
Japanese Troops Couldn’t Believe U.S. Marines Fought With Shotguns
Guadalcanal, 1942. Rain hammered the jungle canopy as a squad of U.S. Marines crept through [...]
Japanese Officers Were Shocked When U.S. Amphibious Tanks Climbed Coral Reefs
November 20th, 1943 — Tarawa Atoll, Central Pacific. At dawn, Japanese officers stationed along Betio [...]
German Soldiers Couldn’t Believe Americans Had Heated Clothing
December 1944. The Ardennes. Snow drifts pile up against shattered trees as temperatures plunge well [...]
German Generals Were Shocked When They Found Explosives Inside Toy Trucks
“October 15th, 1944. Antwerp, Belgium. The streets lie in ruins, smoke curling from bombed warehouses. [...]