In the fall of 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt was running for his third term of office. He knew that America’s entry into World War II was all but inevitable, but the American public did not want war. Roosevelt needed a way to change public opinion and garner support for the war effort. Meanwhile, across […]
During World War II, the Himalayan Mountains were not just a picturesque landscape, but a treacherous and deadly airspace known as the Hump Route. The Hump Route was a vital supply line between India and China, and the only way to provide essential supplies to the Chinese armies fighting the Japanese in the Pacific. This […]