6 reasons why Fascist Italy underperformed during World War II
When Italy entered World War II on the Axis side, things were looking pretty good from where fascist dictator Benito Mussolini sat. He had an army of some 200,000 men,…
The Holocaust caused German POWs to fight against the Axis
During World War II, more than 425,000 German prisoners of war were held in some 700 camps across the United States. Some of them did their duty to try and escape, but most spent the remainder of their war in these camps, entertaining themselves how…
Black Americans volunteered to fight Axis Italy in droves before the US entered World War II
In the summer of 1935, most of the world had no idea that various conflicts in different regions would explode into an all-out World War. World War I was supposed…
Why the Dresden firebombing campaign was a PR nightmare during WWII
Amidst the last months of World War II from February 13-15, 1945, Allied armies bombed the historic city of Dresden in eastern Germany. The Dresden Firebombing is viewed as a…
Why Spain didn’t join either side of World War II
Everyone expects Switzerland to stay neutral during a war, even a global conflict like World War II. No one would have expected Afghanistan to pick a side. One country in…
Today in military history: Romania joins the Axis Powers
On Nov. 23, 1940, Romania signed the Tripartite Pact, officially becoming an Axis Power. Romania had experienced political instability in the years leading up to World War II. By 1937,…
How this MLB player ended up working as a WWII secret agent
Morris “Moe” Berg’s dying words — “How did the Mets do today?” — were on brand for the 70-year-old New York native who enjoyed a 15-year career in Major League Baseball before America entered World War II.
Sports columnist John Kieran…