Category Archives: Untold story
The Chinese Railway Workers Who Sabotaged Japanese Supplies for Years
During the brutal years of the Second Sino-Japanese War, from 1937 to 1945, China was [...]
The American Pilot Who Landed on a Submarine to Rescue a Downed Aviator
It was the summer of 1944, over the vast, restless waters of the Pacific. American [...]
The German Tank Ace Who Defended a Village Alone Against 40 Tanks
He was only twenty-three… yet on that frozen morning of January 7th, 1944, the fate [...]
The Soviet Child Scout Who Became a National Hero at Age 13
In the bitter winter of 1942, deep within the frozen forests of the Soviet Union, [...]
The Polish Cipher Experts Who Helped Crack Enigma Before the War
They say victory in war often begins long before the first shot is fired. And [...]
The American Engineers Who Built an Airfield in 24 Hours on a Pacific Island
The Pacific War was raging in 1943, and every hour mattered. On the tiny island [...]
The British Soldier Who Survived Being Buried Alive Twice in One Day
It happened in North Africa, 1942, during the brutal fighting of the Second Battle of [...]
How a Japanese Doctor Secretly Sabotaged His Own Unit to Save Civilians
The story takes place in 1944, deep in the final, desperate phase of the Pacific [...]
The US Navy Corpsman Who Carried Wounded Marines Through a Minefield
He arrived on Peleliu in September 1944, a twenty-year-old Navy Corpsman dropped into one of [...]
The Soviet Pilot Sisters Who Terrified the Germans as the “Night Witches
They were two sisters from the Soviet Union… born long before the world caught fire, [...]