Startling facts about World War II
Here are some bizarre and startling facts that you may not know about World War II. Produced by Eames Yates. Original reporting by We Are The Mighty.Follow BI Video: On FacebookJoin the conversation...
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Hitler's Nazi army was kicked out of Paris 71 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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Hitler created a 6-engine plane designed to carry 95,000 pounds of gear, and...
The Nazis concocted all sorts of weird military technology, but the Me 323 Giant was certainly one of the biggest.With six engines over a 181-foot wingspan and the ability to haul 95,000 pounds of...
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Amazing images from a US Air Force base in England during World War II
Argunners is fortunate enough to feature some beautiful images from the United States Army Air Force, taken in England during WWII. Most of the photographs depict the 458th Bombardment Group which were...
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The first 'battle' of World War II was a Nazi war crime
World War II started with a brutal Nazi war crime.On September 1, 1939, German soldiers began their invasion of Poland, triggering the outbreak of World War II. The shelling of a Polish garrison at...
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Hitler's secret Nazi war machines of World War II
Earlier this week, the world reflected on the 76th anniversary of the start of World War II — when Hitler's Nazi army invaded Poland.Hitler's engineers secretly developed some of the most ambitious...
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94-year-old who served behind Nazi lines reveals the most terrifying thing he...
A 94-year-old World War II veteran held aReddit AMA, with the help of his grandson, in which he provides a startling look at his time serving behind Nazi lines as an intelligence staff sergeant.John...
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This epic video shows a WWII Spitfire helping out a Cold War Vulcan bomber...
This video was filmed on Sept. 5, at Prestwick airport, during the Scottish Airshow 2015 and it shows the last flying Vulcan bomber experiencing a nose wheel failure before landing.As you can see in...
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Here's a walk-through of a B-29 Superfortress
The Boeing B-29 was a four-engine heavy bomber operational during World War II. Designed as a high-altitude strategic bomber, it became known for carrying out the devastating atomic-bomb attacks on...
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A new book claims Nazis used a crystal-meth style drug to stay awake during...
A new book claims Adolf Hitler’s soldiers used a version of crystal meth to stay awake during World War Two.In Der Totale Rausch (Total Rush), which was published in Germany last week, Norman Ohler...
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Remember the guy who thought he found 140 lost Spitfires, buried underground?...
In 2012, 62-year-old British aviation enthusiast David Cundall made headlines around the world as he set out on a spectacular mission to unearth 140 Spitfires he believed to be buried underground in...
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That time when Americans and Germans fought together during World War II
Five days after Hitler ate a bullet in his bunker in Berlin and two days before Germany would ultimately surrender, American and German troops were fighting together side by side in what has been...
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This secret World War II raid kept the Germans from getting nukes
Just before midnight on Feb. 27, 1943, a team of 10 Norwegian commandos crouched in the snow on a mountain plateau and stared at a seemingly unassailable target.It was a power plant and factory being...
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Crazy photos from obscure WWII battles in the Arctic
When most people think of World War II, they probably think of soldiers fighting in Europe or Marines island-hopping in the Pacific. But it truly was a World War, and that included combat in some of...
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How Hitler tried to terrorize the seas with U-boats during World War II
"The only thing that ever really frightened me during the war was the U-boat peril," British Prime Minister Winston Churchill reportedly said while reflecting on the second world war.By the end of the...
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Incredible portraits of the forgotten pilots of WWII
Michal Solarski is careful to mention that he's a photographer, not a historian.However, it was his fascination with history, specifically World War II's effect on the Polish people, that guided him to...
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The story of Wojtek: The 440-pound bear that drank, smoked, and carried...
During World War II, the 22nd Artillery Supply Company of the 2nd Polish Corps had an unusual soldier among its ranks, a 440-pound Syrian bear named Wojtek.Wojtek first came to the company as a cub,...
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General Patton once set cash on fire after learning his men weren’t being...
Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. was known for his courage and skill on the battlefield in world War II, but he was nearly as well known for his colorful character.He carried ivory-handled pistols, designed...
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Battle of Kiska: where Allied forces suffered 313 casualties against a ghost...
In the summer of 1943, American and Canadian forces launched an amphibious assault on the north Pacific island of Kiska, in order to seize the last enemy strongholds on U.S. Soil from Japanese forces...
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The first black fighter pilot was also an infantry hero and a spy
Eugene Bullard was born in Georgia in 1895. He emigrated to France, became both an infantry hero and the first black fighter pilot in World War I, and a spy in World War II.Growing up in Georgia,...
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