Discover obscure history, hidden heroes, and rare stories from World War II
In the months before D-Day, French civilian women risked their lives to map German minefields on Normandy beaches. Working at low tide, they would feel for mines with bare feet, mark safe paths with s Read more...
View Full StoryOver 39 female agents of the British Special Operations Executive were parachuted into Normandy before D-Day to coordinate with the French Resistance. They sabotaged rail lines, destroyed bridges, and Read more...
View Full StoryElizebeth Friedman (no relation to William), a cryptanalyst who broke Nazi spy rings in South America during WWII. Her team deciphered over 4,000 encrypted messages that revealed Nazi espionage networ Read more...
View Full StoryA humanitarian effort where American B-17 bombers dropped food instead of bombs over the Netherlands in May 1945. Flying at just 150 feet to ensure accurate drops, the bombers delivered over 4 million Read more...
View Full StoryBefore WWII, Nazi spies infiltrated the civilian workforce at the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in New Jersey, where the Hindenburg crashed. They gathered technical data on American airship operations a Read more...
View Full StoryThe 588th Night Bomber Regiment, an all-female Soviet Air Forces unit. They flew outdated Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes at night, cutting their engines near targets to glide silently bomb German positions. Read more...
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