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Video shows the Royal Navy blowing up a World War II bomb that shut a London...
A World War II bomb was discovered near London City Airport's runway on Sunday.The Royal Navy dragged it out to sea and blew it up on Wednesday.Watch a video of bomb disposal experts detonating the...
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73 years ago, one of Europe's most beautiful cities was obliterated in an...
World War II was more than three years old when Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, and other Allied leaders met at Casablanca in January 1943, but the decisions made there would shape the rest of...
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75 years ago, Norwegian commandos pulled off a daring raid that kept the...
After handing them their suicide capsules, Norwegian Royal Army Colonel Leif Tronstad informed his soldiers, “I cannot tell you why this mission is so important, but if you succeed, it will live in...
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Watch rare footage of a World War II Kamikaze attack on US Navy ships
Kamikaze pilots struck fear in the hearts of allied troops as they conducted their nose-dives right into US ships during World War II’s Pacific fight.Reportedly, the first kamikaze operation of the war...
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The cofounder of Microsoft found the wreck of a US aircraft carrier that was...
A search team led by Paul Allen has found the wreckage of the USS Lexington.Allen is the billionaire cofounder of Microsoft.The USS Lexington sunk during the Battle of the Coral Sea on May 8, 1942.A...
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Here's how much US troops were paid in every American war
Think it’s hard making it month to month in the barracks on just an E-1 pay? Well, the recruits who won America’s earlier wars had to make ends meet with much, much less to draw on.See how much troops...
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It's been 73 years since the Battle for Remagen — here are 8 photos of the...
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...
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The US destroyed Tokyo 73 years ago in the deadliest air raid in history
73 years ago today, the US destroyed Tokyo during the deadliest air raid in history, known as Operation Meetinghouse.300 B-29 Superfortress dropped several types of incendiaries, killing an estimated...
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Here's why a modern torpedo sinks a ship with one hit
In World War II, torpedos did the most damage by directly hitting the targeted ship, punching a hole in the hull and capsizing it. This was a problem — as defensive anti-aircraft capability developed,...
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Here's what US soldiers have worn into battle in every war since the American...
From rags to spit-and-polish boots, from scratchy blue wool to the new operational camouflage pattern, from tricorn hat to helmet, the Army uniform has changed drastically through the years. In honor...
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Trump is giving the 2nd-most decorated soldier of World War II the Medal of...
President Trump is posthumously awarding the Medal of Honor to an Army officer who called an artillery strike down on his own position to stop a German advance during World War II.Then-1st Lt. Garlin...
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It's been 76 years since one of World War II's worst atrocities — the Bataan...
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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Photo essay: 'When my great-uncle liberated a Nazi concentration camp'
Yom Hashoah is Holocaust Remembrance Day.The Jewish liberators of concentration camps are often overlooked.Below, the author shares a story of a great-uncle who liberated a Nazi concentration camp.The...
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Here's how the rifles that US and Soviet soldiers used in World War II stack up
Whenever you compare the merits of two firearms against one another, there will be a huge row. Just ask fans of the M1911, designed by John Moses Browning — which served in the American military as the...
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Holocaust survivors are dying — and a horrifying new study shows we are...
A recent study highlights how little the average American knows about the Holocaust.The survivor generation is dying out, and we are failing to adequately honor their memory.We promised Holocaust...
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How Soviet troops taunted the Nazis during their final drive to Berlin in...
The final weeks of April 1945 saw Soviet troops advance on Berlin, bringing World War II in Europe to an end.Amid the Soviet onslaught and the confused Nazi retreat, Russian troops found ways to...
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How the US's Wildcat fighter plane held the line against the fearsome...
When Japan introduced the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, it gained a remarkable plane that racked up an impressive combat record through 1941. However, despite its incredible performance for the time, the Zero...
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Amazing uncovered photos of famed war journalist Ernie Pyle show a rarely...
The National Archives released a number of photos of famed World War II war correspondent Ernie Pyle on Wednesday — exactly 73 years after he was killed near Okinawa, Japan.Pyle was killed on Ie Island...
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Meet the 20-year-old who travels the country interviewing surviving veterans...
Around 558,000 World War II veterans were still alive in 2017, according to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.Twenty-year-old Rishi Sharma wants to interview every single one and preserve their...
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Hitler died 73 years ago today — here's how newspapers around the world reacted
Adolf Hitler died by suicide on April 30, 1945.Newspapers around the world reacted to reports of Hitler's death with bold, full-page headlines, and in some cases, cheery delight."Germans put out the...
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