With Sultan Mohammed II’s Turkish horde at the gates of Rhodes, the city’s Knights Hospitallers prepared an unholy welcome for the Ottoman siege.   More »

German General Reinhard Gehlen set up an anti-Soviet espionage ring in 1945 and used it to the grief of both sides during the Cold War.   More »

America, Auschwitz, and the Holocaust: Could more have been done to save lives during Hitler’s Final Solution?   More »

Retreating Germans turned on their Soviet pursuers at the Battle of Targul Frumos, inflicting heavy losses on Red Army tanks, buying valuable time.   More »

Female Spies like Virginia Hall, Amy Thorpe and Barbara Lauwers were large supporters of Allied war efforts, and some of the most important women in World War 2.   More »

Thanks to technological advances and local help, a Wehrmacht Pioneer was finally located and laid to rest years after Operation Barbarossa.   More »

With Eastern Europe at stake, Prince Eugene confronts the Turks at the Battle of Peterwardein and Temesvár.   More »

After escaping from Germany and Austria, a number of Jews joined the Allied armies to take back their former homelands from the Nazis.   More »

The World War II odyssey of Bob Max made a lasting impression and fueled educational and philanthropic pursuits later in life.   More »

Charles Gordon’s thirst for danger ultimately led to his death in Khartoum at the hands of fanatical Mahdists.   More »