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How the Allied Forces began to win the Second World War 71 years ago today
Every war has events where the tide changes, turning points where the conflict's endgame comes into focus.That moment for the Second World War's European theater was June 6, 1944, the day Allied forces...
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Here's the weather prediction that won D-Day for the Allies
German military leaders expected an Allied invasion on the English Channel coast in late May 1944, when there was high tide, a full moon, good visibility, and little wind. When it did not come, and...
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Clever animation shows the shocking human cost of World War II
Today marks the 71st anniversary of the allied invasion of Normandy during World War II — also known as D-Day — that led to the liberation of France from Nazi control and contributed to the Allied...
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A D-Day veteran gave us an extraordinary account of his 4 weeks in combat
In July 1944, 19-year-old Tom Scardino was wounded twice in one day fighting the Germans in Normandy.Seventy years later, when Business Insider talked to him in the summer of 2014, he still found it...
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Here's what America would be like if the Nazis and Japanese had won WWII
This weekend marks the 71st anniversary of the Allies' D-Day landing at Normandy, France, which ultimately led to the liberation of France from Nazi control.But what if the Allies had never launched...
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102-year-old woman becomes Germany’s oldest student 80 years after the Nazis...
Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport wasn't allowed to defend her doctoral thesis in 1938 under the Nazis because she was part-Jewish. Nearly eight decades later, she became Germany's oldest recipient of a...
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Bradley Cooper's new movie tells the crazy-but-true story behind inflatable...
On the heels of his Oscar-nominated performance as Navy SEAL Chris Kyle in last year’s hit, “American Sniper,” Bradley Cooper looks to be returning to the war-drama genre.Deadline reports that 22 &...
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Bradley Cooper's new movie tells the crazy-but-true story behind inflatable...
On the heels of his Oscar-nominated performance as Navy SEAL Chris Kyle in last year’s hit, “American Sniper,” Bradley Cooper looks to be returning to the war-drama genre.Deadline reports that 22 &...
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Pope: Why didn't Allies bomb railway lines to Auschwitz?
Pope Francis on Sunday denounced what he called the “great powers” of the world for failing to act when there was intelligence indicating Jews, Christians, homosexuals and others were being transported...
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The Department of Defense has finally admitted that it conducted mustard gas...
National Public Radio has announced the U.S. Department of Defense has finally admitted they carried out race-based tests on American troops during WWII as part of its research on the effects of...
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Hitler's tour of occupied Paris happened 75 years ago today
"That was the greatest and finest moment of my life," one of the world's most brutal tyrants reportedly said after touring the newly Nazi-occupied French capital.The day after Germany signed an...
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Brits may roll their eyes at 'Keep Calm and Carry On' — but here's why they...
"Keep calm and carry on" is to Brits what "I heart NY" is to New Yorkers. The phrase is plastered on every printable surface and remixed hundreds of ways.Bring it up in conversation with a Brit and...
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The harrowing story of how World War II turned the US Army Rangers into one...
June 19, 1942, is not a familiar date to most. But members of the Army’s elite 75th Ranger Regiment know it well. It’s the date of activation of the 1st Ranger Battalion, under the command of Lt. Col....
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Troops from Russia and Mongolia will march in China to mark the end of World...
Troops from Russia and Mongolia will march together with Chinese forces in a parade in Beijing in September to commemorate the end of World War Two, the government and state media said on Thursday,...
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What we're reading: 'All The Light We Cannot See' by Anthony Doerr
Anthony Doerr's Pulitzer Prize-winning and New York Times bestselling novel, All The Light We Cannot See, was the subject of Business Insider's book club this June. It follows a blind French girl and a...
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The 106-year-old British stockbroker who saved 669 children from the Nazis...
On December 3, 1938, a British stockbroker made the impromptu decision to cancel his skiing vacation and join his friend, Martin Blake, in Prague, who had desperately asked for his help. The decision...
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China is marking the anniversary of the end of World War II with a huge...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China plans to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two in Asia, and its fight against Japan, with a stream of movies, concerts, performances and exhibitions, officials...
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Piketty calls Germany's moral stance on Greek debt a 'huge joke' (GREK)
As German leaders continue to pressure Greece over its debt, French economist Thomas Piketty says Germany "has no standing to lecture other nations" when it comes to repaying creditors.In a forceful...
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Here's the story of the World War II hero who became the first Navy SEAL
Though his service in the military preceded the formation of the Navy SEALs by nearly twenty years, Navy Lt. j.g. Jack Taylor is thought to be the first U.S. commando to operate in the sea, air, and...
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