"It is a story that is incredible because it s about such a normal person who does something so extraordinary," creator Anna Winger says. Here, what s true in the tale of Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee in Transatlantic on Netflix.
German General Anton Dostler became only one of two Nazi war criminals to face a firing squad for their murderous deeds during World War II. Dostler ordered the death of fifteen American soldiers on an OSS-sponsored mission deep behind enemy lines in Italy.
British commandos, special operations troops, designed originally to take part in light amphibious raids, who played a strategically significant role in World War II. Their courage, physical fitness, and martial prowess were renowned among the general public and within the armed forces on both sides of the conflict.
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