Unexplained Mysteries of World War II

Collaborating on unmasking and deciphering the Japanese signals were the Navy’s Combat Intelligence Unit, set up in Hawaii under the command of Lieutenant Joseph J. Rochefort, and the Army’s Special Intelligence Service, led by a brilliant young cryptologist, Colonel William Friedman

Why the Allied high command, which became paralyzed when Case Yellow struck, had been so remarkably unprepared for the onslaught remains one of the most baffling mysteries of the war.5

Schwarze Kapelle (Black Orchestra), a tight-knit conspiracy of prominent German generals and government leaders, whose aim was to get rid of the führer—one way or another

the Moselle River

international Jewry had propelled the world into war in order to gain influence and authority over the ruins

Thus began one of the most intriguing and complex mysteries of World War II.

st 22, the führer told his top generals and admirals: “I shall give a propaganda cause for starting the war. Never mind if it is plausible or not. The victor will not be asked afterward if he told the truth. In starting and waging a war, it is not right that matters, but victory!”

Had the Japanese warlords become so emboldened by America’s wishy-washy response to the unprovoked attack on the Panay

logic is often a stranger in wartime