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The Pentagon is trying solve a baffling World War II mystery
ALBANY, N.Y. – The Pentagon is launching efforts to solve a baffling World War II mystery: whether dozens of U.S. sailors listed as missing from a ship disaster were actually recovered and buried all...
View ArticleThe incredible origin of the 'carrots make you see better' myth
Have you ever heard the old adage "carrots make you see better?" Turns out, that myth has its origins in World War II pilots needing to keep a major secret.Video courtesy of the Department of...
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Adolf Hitler's wartime phone sold for more than £195,000 at a US auction
A phone used by Adolph Hitler during the World War II just sold for $243,000 (£195,045) during an auction in the US state of Maryland, the BBC reports.The red Siemens phone, which originally had a...
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The most iconic photo of World War II was captured 72 years ago
The most iconic photograph of World War II was captured 72 years ago on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima, on Feb. 23, 1945.The photo, taken by AP photographer Joe Rosenthal, captured six Marines as they...
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72 years since the Battle for Remagen — 8 photos of the Allies' first toehold...
Perhaps the most distinguishing feature of the old Roman town of Remagen, about halfway between Dusseldorf and Frankfurt on the Rhine River, at the end of World War II was the 1,000-foot, double-track...
View ArticleYou have to break codes to get cocktails at this spy-themed bar
The Bletchley is a spy-themed London bar where you have to crack codes to order drinks.To do that, you use imitation World War 2 Enigma machines which generate a unique code for every "agent." Orders...
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Marine Le Pen is getting slammed for 'revisionist' comments about World War...
Paris (AFP) — Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has stirred up deep emotions over France's World War II history with comments on its collaboration with Nazi Germany, just two weeks ahead...
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Sean Spicer makes bizarre claim that Hitler never used chemical weapons
The White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, made the bizarre claim on Tuesday that unlike Syrian President Bashar Assad, Adolf Hitler never stooped to the level of using chemical weapons.When asked...
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75 years after the Doolittle Raid, the last survivor remembers how the US...
CINCINNATI (AP) — At age 101, retired Lt. Col. Dick Cole says his memories are vivid of the Doolittle Tokyo Raiders mission that helped change the course of World War II.Now the sole survivor of the...
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It's been more than 75 years since one of World War II's worst atrocities —...
After the surprise attack on the US fleet at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, Japan turned its focus to elsewhere, sweeping through the Pacific.In early January, Japanese forces landed in the...
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Here's your first look at the newest 'Call of Duty' game, set during World...
Every year, a new "Call of Duty" game comes out — it's an annual franchise, like "Madden" and "FIFA," except it's a first-person shooter instead of a sports game.2017 is no different, and this year's...
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The story of 'Patton's Panthers,' the black WWII tank unit that crushed Nazi...
“Patton’s Panthers” was one of the most effective tank battalions in World War II, fighting a continuous 183 days at the front and inflicting heavy casualties on the Germans while crews racked up...
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Four of the deadliest sniper rifles used in World War II
World War II sniper rifles were often updated World War I models made better with new telescopic sights and upgrades to make them more easily employed in combat.These relatively minor improvements to...
View ArticleNazi propaganda portrayed Hitler as a "health nut" but he was secretly...
Fuhrer propaganda always made it clear that Hitler took no drugs and drank no alcohol, and that he was portrayed as a sort of "health nut", but that wasn't the case, according to Blitzed: Drugs in the...
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How World War II bombers and dogfights influenced the most exciting scenes in...
To a World War II history buff, the iconic Millennium Falcon from "Star Wars" resembles one of the best-known bombers of all time.The greenhouse cockpit configuration, along with the gun turrets,...
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50,000 people in Germany have been evacuated for unexploded World War II-era...
Berlin (AFP) - German police on Sunday evacuated some 50,000 people from the northern city of Hanover in one of the largest post-war operations to defuse World War II era bombs.Residents in a densely...
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What it was like in the room when Nazi Germany finally surrendered to end...
In the early morning hours of May 7, 1945, the remnants of Nazi Germany's military leadership signed an unconditional surrender to Allied forces.When the news broke the next day, soldiers and civilians...
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This Russian sailor forced a Japanese garrison to surrender — after he was...
In February 2017, a Russian spy ship was spotted off the coast of Norfolk, Virginia. That ship was named the Viktor Leonov, named for one of Russia’s most storied heroes – twice decorated as Hero of...
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Everything we know about the new 'Call of Duty,' which is returning to World...
In November 2017, the latest entry in the long-running "Call of Duty" franchise is planned to launch. But, unlike recent entries in the franchise, the latest "Call of Duty" is taking the series back to...
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A World War II vet was reunited with a love letter lost for 72 years
WESTFIELD, N.J. (AP) — A love letter lost in the walls of a New Jersey home has reached a World War II veteran 72 years after it was written.Melissa Fahy and her father were renovating her Westfield...
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