Historical Update

 I'm beginning the first season of Foyle's War, set in 1940.

I've also happened across some arcane historical events,

The history of the United States might have been very different, but for a 1559 hurricane that destroyed Spanish colonial push towardsvpresent day North Carolina.

http://wuwf.org/post/september-19-1559-hurricane-changed-history

There was a battle in France during WW2, where  German and American army units actually fought together to defeat a Nazi SS unit that wanted to kill French POWs.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/world-war-iis-strangest-battle-when-americans-and-germans-fought-together