The impossible raid
Just when Axis Japan felt invincible, Lieutenant Colonel James Doolittle hit Tokyo with a daring bomber raid that shattered Hirohito's peace of mind. Full story
That lovable Lili
The Germans weren't very popular. But somehow the most popular song in the world happened to be German. Full story
Pigeons of war
In fierce fighting and deep in enemy territory, American pigeons carried life-or-death messages that radio and field phones could not. Full story
Destination Tokyo
Hollywood took Americans on the home front to war in 1943 with its action-packed tale of the submarine USS Copperfin and her crew setting out from San Francisco on a top-secret mission to bomb Japan. Full story
The battling bastards of Bataan
They were starving, sick. Many were untrained. Their weapons were obsolete. And their top general lived elsewhere. Bataan's defenders were truly on their own. Full story
Americans for Hitler
On the eve of World War II, the German American Bund insisted the Nazi salute was as American as apple pie. Full story