In 1939, World War II broke out in Europe, and in the coming months and years, countries across the globe were drawn into the conflict. Before its end in 1945, the bloodshed produced some of the most jaw-dropping stories in human history that sound fake . From European politicians' attempts to appease Adolf Hitler, the expansionist leader of Nazi Germany, to the viciousness of the attack on Pearl Harbor , to the barbarity of the blitz and Dresden firebombing, to the horrors of the Holocaust, WWII showed us most of the worst of human nature.

But among the stories handed down to us from this period are many that show the great bravery and cunning of the Allied forces as they fought to ensure ongoing peace and freedom for the world. Future President John F. Kennedy became a war hero fo

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