WWII Mystery: HMS Dasher and “The Man Who Never Was”
A WWII mystery revolves around the sinking of the HMS Dasher and a man’s body with documents ‘planted’ off the coast of Spain to turn the tide of war.
World War II
The Story of Hitler’s Trojan Horse at the Battle of the Bulge
By Christopher “Moon” Mullins. During the coldest winter of WWII, as American soldiers huddled in the frozen forests of the Ardennes, a bizarre and paranoid rumor began to spread: German commandos, dressed in American uniforms and driving American jeeps, were […]
Lehr-Regiment Brandenburg z.b.V. 800
By Col. Michael Haas, USAF, Ret. He was the nightmare come true to the notoriously paranoid and vicious Narodny Kommissaria Vnutrenny Diel (NKVD), the Soviet security service dreaded no less by Soviet citizens than by its German foe. Speaking fluent […]
Book Review – The Jedburghs
By How Miller. “The Jedburghs” by Bill Irwin is an illuminating portrayal of the direct predecessors of the U.S. Army Special Forces. Each of us can picture ourselves in the roles depicted, and hope that we would have been as resourceful […]
Book Review – 1st SSF in Italy 1943
By Christopher (Moon) Mullins. Bret Werner’s book, The First Special Service force at the Winter Line, Italy 1943, details the history and one of the most famous battles of the First Special Service Force at Monte La Difensa in Italy during WWII. […]
Book Review – No Moon As Witness
A recent book by James Stejskal, No Moon as Witness, describes the training and the missions of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and Office of Strategic Services (OSS) during World War II. The book is a compact and concise history […]
Book Review – The Long Range Desert Group in the Aegean
When most people think about the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) they are most likely conjuring up images of men in vehicles traversing the deserts of North Africa during World War II. These forays against the Germans and Italians deep […]
USASOC Receives Congressional Medal Awarded to OSS
The United States Army Special Operations Command has received the Congressional Medal awarded to the Office of Strategic Services (OSS). The special operations forces and intelligence community organizations that trace their roots to the OSS are receiving an honorary replica. […]