Stalin's USSR was highly experienced in espionage. Yet Hitler's invasion still caught the Soviets off-guard. Thereafter, though, the GRU and NKVD went on to score amazing intelligence coups in Tokyo, Washington and even the heart of Berlin.
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After a poor start to the war, the Soviet Air Force fought back with brilliant aircraft designs. This is a look at their domination of the skies from the Russian viewpoint.
December 7th, 1942. Off the coast of France, ten British commandos board five canoes in the middle of the ocean. Their objective: to paddle to the Gironde estuary, then up the river to Bordeaux to sabotage German ships.
In the north of Crete, six commandos land in a cove. On this island that has been occupied for two years, they have been given a high-risk mission—to infiltrate the Heraklion airfield to destroy the Luftwaffe bombers and fighter planes.
Cruelly called 'the packing case the B17 came in,' the Liberator more than proved its worth over Europe and the Pacific, patterning the B17 to deliver a blow to the axis powers in WWII however it wasn't simply a bomb delivery system.
Often called 'the forgotten bomber', the mighty North American twin delivered the first blow in the fight back against Japan, in one of the most daring and audacious raids of all time.
Stalin's USSR was highly experienced in espionage. Yet Hitler's invasion still caught the Soviets off-guard. Thereafter, though, the GRU and NKVD went on to score amazing intelligence coups in Tokyo, Washington and even the heart of Berlin.
Encouraged by Nazi brutality, Soviet partisans took up arms, creating big 'no-go' areas for German troops. This is a look at their efforts from the Russian perspective.
In the midst of the reconquest of Italy, the Allies came up against the Winter Line—an impregnable line of defence built on the crests of a mountain range. They decided to call in a very special commando unit, the First Special Service Force.
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