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A former Mussolini-run concentration camp is transforming into a luxury resort
On May 30, 1942 — in the throes of World War II — a tiny island adrift in the Adriatic Sea was transformed. What began as a humble fort built 100 years earlier turned into a concentration camp run by...
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These were the 6 most massive tank battles in US history
Here are six times when American tank units found themselves massively fighting it out with enemy armor:SEE ALSO: Here's why some militaries have strange pixelated camouflage1. Battle of the BulgeWhen...
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One of the most revered Indian chiefs in history has died — here’s his...
Joseph Medicine Crow, a renowned Native American chief and historian, died on Sunday at the age of 102.Medicine Crow was the last living war chief of Montana's Crow tribe, a distinction he earned by...
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6 mind-blowing tactical tricks that have turned the tide of wars
Technology and manpower never guarantee a military victory by themselves. And neither can tactics and strategy — sometimes, it takes an extra measure of trickery and subterfuge to swing the tide on the...
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During World War 2 Americans thanked the troops by buying them warplanes
During World War II there were numerous ways in which American citizens at home could help the war effort.Victory gardens, rationing, recycling (then known as scrap collection), and most importantly...
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One incredible image shows the heroism of US troops during World War II
On November 10, 1943, when Lt. Walter L. Chewning Jr., the catapult officer of the USS Enterprise, saw a 9,000-pound F6F Hellcat crash-land on the flight deck and erupt in a ball of flames as it...
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A Holocaust survivor shares how he survived multiple concentration camps and...
A 92-year-old Holocaust survivor held a heartbreaking Reddit AMA, in which he answered questions about his experience, how he survived the ordeal, and how he has come to terms with the world after...
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7 strange-but-true facts from World War II
Here are some of the more fun facts that occurred during World War II that you maybe did not know. SEE ALSO: The Atomic Cannon was a thing during the Cold WarFact 1: In 2014, a 90-year-old British...
View ArticleHitler's 3-mile-long abandoned Nazi resort is transforming into a luxury getaway
In 1939, Adolf Hitler ordered the construction of a massive 3-mile-long row of buildings, destined to be an enormous beach resort for Nazi Germany. It was abandoned three years later, when World War II...
View ArticleA nuclear waste leak in Washington State just got worse
Radioactive waste has been leaking from a storage tank at Hanford Site — a nuclear waste storage facility in Washington State — since at least 2011. In an effort to fix the problem, the U.S. Department...
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"Flags of Our Fathers' author says he now thinks father wasn't Iwo Jima...
The author of a best-selling book about his father and other men who raised a US flag at Iwo Jima during World War II said Tuesday he no longer believes his father was in an iconic photograph of the...
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Hitler built a supergun fortress to destroy London but a genius Allied...
The V-3 “supergun” was meant to win the war for Germany.In 1943, for the first time since World War II began, Hitler was on the back foot. Allied bombs were devastating German cities and the Fuhrer was...
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The US's oldest World War II veteran has died at 110
Frank Levingston, the oldest living World War II veteran, died on May 3 in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. He was 110 years old, which also made him the oldest living man in the United States.According to...
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Ominous photos of Russia's most militaristic Victory Day parade in years
Russia marked the Soviet Union's role in defeating Nazi Germany 71 years ago by holding one of the largest Victory Day military parades in Moscow in years today.President Vladimir Putin presided over...
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What the Nazis said to General Eisenhower upon surrendering 71 years ago this...
At the time of the surrender on May 7, 1945, Nazi forces had all but disintegrated. Hitler had committed suicide and Soviet forces had already taken Berlin, which resulted in 70,000 Nazi soldiers...
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PHOTO: The moment Hitler declared war on the US
Until December 11, 1941, the US and Nazi Germany were technically neutral despite World War II having ravaged large portions of Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.But following Imperial Japan's attack...
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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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The perfect American lawn has a complicated origin story
A well-groomed lawn is a classic image of idealized American life.Walled off by a white picket fence, our grassy yards are where we host barbecues, lay out to stargaze, teach our children how to toss...
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This map predicted how Japan would attack the US during World War II
On November 7, 1937, the Los Angeles Examiner published a prescient map predicting how Imperial Japan could attack the US during World War II.Created by Howard A. Burke, the map imagined a Japanese...
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The legendary RAF 'Dambusters' of WWII are now flying F-35s with US Marines
The picture above shows the airmen of the RAF's 617 "Dambusters" squadron in front of two F-35Bs with their World War II counterparts superimposed behind them.The black-and-white counterparts were on...
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