Strange Wartime Stories

Wars produce their fair share of strange events, phenomenon and stories. The explanations and the sources of these stories are just as varied as during peace time. Here’s a few events and stories from WWI and WWII that have always intrigued me.

WWI Legends:

- The Angels of Mons is a popular legend about a group of angels who supposedly protected members of the British army in the Battle of Mons. The legend came about in part due to Arthur Machen’s story, The Angels of Mons – The Bowmen and Other Legends of the War.

- A related legend: The Hound of Mons — A strange horror story from the battlefields of World War I, when a terrible devil-dog was said to haunt the allied trenches.

WWII Stories:

- Live Science: World War II’s Gibralter monkey mystery solved.

- Foo fighters — The term “foo fighter” was used by Allied aircraft pilots in World War II to describe various UFOs or mysterious aerial phenomena seen in all theaters of operation.

- The Battle of Los Angeles – Part I & Part II — An Eyewitness Account of the Mysterious Object that “Attacked” the Los Angeles Basin in the Wee Hours of February 25, 1942.

- According to official public record, Adolf Hitler committed suicide in his underground bunker as Allied troops stormed Berlin at the end of World War II. But did he really die? History.com: Hitler’s Escape: Part 1 of 5 (the other 4 videos are available through that link.)

- Daily Mail: Fresh doubts over Hitler’s death after tests on bullet hole skull reveal it belonged to a woman.

- Discovery News: Hitler Skull Fragment Belonged to Female

- Videos: WWII Spirit Men – Part 1 & Part 2 — A spiritualist reunites a RAF Commander with his fallen airmen years after WWII.

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