During WWI, thousands of soldiers returned with devastating facial injuries. Sir Harold Gillies gave them back their faces, dignity, and hope. From 11,000 surgeries at Sidcup to pioneering gender-affirming operations, he changed medicine forever.

In the frozen skies above the Eastern Front, German soldiers feared many things: artillery bombardments, strafing runs, and advancing Soviet tanks. But one of the most terrifying sounds of the war was eerily quiet. It was the whooshing of wind over canvas wings, like a broomstick cutting through the night air. Soldiers swore it sounded like witches sweeping down from the darkness. When they heard it, they knew bombs would soon follow. That sound came from the Polikarpov Po-2

She fought for civil rights, mentored Muhammad Ali, and shattered racial barriers — but in 1965, Alberta Jones was murdered, her body thrown into the Ohio River. Decades later, her case remains unsolved.