Thursday, August 4, 2016

American Turncoat — Meet the Only U.S. Army Officer to Defect to the Nazis in WW2

American Turncoat - Meet the Only U.S. Army Officer to Defect to the Nazis in WW2

THE NAME Martin James Monti may not carry the same measure of infamy in the United States as Benedict Arnold, the notorious turncoat of the War of Independence. Yet the obscure St. Louis, Missouri native does hold the dubious distinction as being the only known American serviceman to have willingly defected to the Nazis in World War Two.

Los Aliados – The Latin Americans Who Helped Defeat the Axis

Los Aliados - The Latin Americans Who Helped Defeat the Axis

THE NATIONS OF LATIN AMERICA are not often counted among the foremost contributors to the Second World War. Countries like Chile and Uruguay largely stayed on the sidelines until the war's final weeks before finally joining the Allies. Other states like Paraguay were quietly sympathetic to both Nazi Germany and Italy.