Stalin’s invasion of Poland to claim his share of the secret Nazi-Soviet pact. Witness the chilling military parade in Brest-Litovsk where German General Guderian and a Soviet officer shook hands over ...

From Narnia to Alice in Wonderland, Britain’s best adventures begin with hidden doors or secret tunnels — and this is a tale with both. Behind an unmarked blue door in London’s Chancery Lane, the ...

"Originally published as Secret Pigeon Service in Great Britain in 2018 by William Collins"--Title page verso. The fascinating, untold story of how British intelligence secretly used homing pigeons as ...

A German submarine torpedoed the S.S. Pennsylvania Sun on July 15, 1942, destroying 107,500 barrels of U.S. Navy fuel oil. Public domain via Wikimedia Commons Early on June 29, 1942, the 8,032-ton ...

Hollywood got a lot of mileage out of World War II, spinning stories for decades after the last shot was fired. But those movies didn’t tell you everything. For one thing, few addressed the reality ...

They funded both sides of World War II, saved thousands from Nazi Germany, and built an empire that still controls much of ...

Prologue : The loose tooth -- Part I : Subject -- The boy from Onalua -- Promising docility -- The most impossible job on earth -- To Brussels and back -- Not a slave -- Awakenings -- The year of ...