Wartime Stories

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Sign up for your $1-per-month trial today at shopify.com/wartimestories #sponsored More than a decade after the Soviet withdrawal from Afghanistan, American troops continued to encounter reminders of the war that came before them — abandoned outposts, rusting vehicles, and battlefields long reclaimed by the mountains. But according to some servicemen, not everything left behind was made of steel and concrete. Drawn from firsthand accounts submitted by U.S. troops, these stories describe strange voices, unexplained encounters, and experiences connected to the remnants of the Soviet-Afghan War that continue to defy explanation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the Gallipoli campaign of World War I, hundreds of British soldiers disappeared during a failed assault near Suvla Bay. In the years that followed, rumors began to spread that the battalion had vanished under mysterious circumstances — swallowed by a strange cloud seen hovering over the battlefield. Drawing from wartime records, witness testimony, and later investigations, this story explores how one of the First World War’s most enduring mysteries emerged from the chaos and confusion of combat. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Sign up for your $1-per-month trial today at https://www.shopify.com/wartimestories #sponsored In the opening days of World War I, British forces found themselves outnumbered and in retreat after the Battle of Mons. But in the weeks that followed, strange reports began to circulate — stories of something appearing on the battlefield at the moment it was needed most. Drawn from wartime accounts, publications, and firsthand testimony, the legend of the Angels of Mons raises questions about what soldiers believed they saw — and how those stories spread in the aftermath of one of the war’s earliest and most desperate battles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In a remote training area in Croatia, soldiers on night patrol reported a sudden and complete failure of their equipment — radios, lights, and vehicles all going dark without warning. What followed was an encounter that none of them could explain. Based on the account of a combat engineer who was there, the incident raises questions about what may have passed over the training grounds that night — and why those involved were warned never to speak about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices