With Germany upset about how WWI ended and Japan upset about a lack-of-access to much-needed natural resources, another war sent the world into chaos between 1939-1945. Stories in this collection are about some of those events.
Fritz-Julius Lemp was a skilled U-boat commander.
The camp makes a profit from the prisoners' work, but nothing is shared with the zeks.
Receiving a package from home is a great event for a prisoner, but every single item in the parcel is inspected by a guard before the prisoner can cla...
The hard-fought battle for Iwo Jima produced thousands of casualties.
As American Marines landed on the beaches of Iwo Jima, no one fired on them - for one hour.
One of the most reproduced photos of the twentieth century was shot at Iwo Jima.
Because Japanese defenders were so dug in on Iwo Jima, the invading Marines used more than mortars and gun fire to find them.
Mortars were part of the weapons arsenal for Americans and Japanese as they fought the deadly battle for Iwo Jima.
A Japanese possession, the island of Iwo Jima was sacred to Japan and desired by America.
The men who ran Japan's war machine wanted to expand their country's Empire during late 1941 / early 1942.
The U.S. federal government ordered that Japanese-Americans, living in certain areas throughout the country, had to be relocated to internment camps d...
Members of the Japanese delegation sign surrender documents aboard the U.
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