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The battle of Saipan ended 74 years ago — here's how one Marine convinced...
If you've read the book Saipan: Suicide Island, watched the movie Hell to Eternity, or you're a World War II buff, then you may have heard of the heroic actions of Corporal Guy Gabaldon.However, there...
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It's been 78 years since the Battle of Britain — here are 14 photos of the...
By mid-1940, Nazi Germany had swept over Western Europe, conquering France and holding territory from the English Channel to Norway.That summer, Hitler and the German Luftwaffe turned their attention...
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A year before D-Day, Allied forces made their first thrust into the 'soft...
On April 30, 1943, a fisherman off the coast of Huelva, Spain, recovered the body of Maj. William Martin, a dead British soldier. Spanish authorities quickly buried the body, but his personal affects —...
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Record heat is stoking wildfires in Europe — and it's setting off leftover...
Record-setting heat is creating problems all over Europe.Deadly forest fires have already swept across Greece, and blazes are burning in Germany and elsewhere.The heat and fires in Germany have an...
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Here's what Hiroshima looks like today — and how the effects of the bombing...
Hiroshima today looks completely different than it did 73 years ago.On August 6, 1945, the US dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima that destroyed most of the city and instantly killed 80,000 of its...
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Why 'Band of Brothers' is still so good, according to one of its writers
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Meet the British special operators who terrorized the Japanese during World...
In 1943 and 1944, specially chosen units of the British Empire were sent into the jungles of Burma on "Chindit" expeditions that went deep behind Japanese lines and assaulted railways, logistic hubs,...
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Photos show the Battle of Savo Island, a brutal US Navy defeat that stranded...
The Battle of Savo Island, a crushing World War II naval defeat for the Allies, ended on August 9, 1942.After the guns fell silent, the Japanese Navy would sink four Allied heavy cruisers, kill 1,077...
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This rare color photo shows the horrific destruction of the US nuking Nagasaki
The US dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Nagasaki on August 9, 1945.The nuclear bomb, nicknamed "Fat Man," was dropped at 11:02 a.m. from a B-29 bomber. It instantly killed an estimated...
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These improvised Navy ships were like Venus fly traps for Nazi submarines
During World War II, the US Navy and Coast Guard were tasked with ruining the days of any and every Nazi submarine they could find, but those underwater dongs of death were notorious for staying hidden...
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75 years ago, US troops threw the Japanese off North American soil in a...
In the months after Pearl Harbor, fighting raged across the Pacific Ocean, as Allied forces sought to blunt Japan's advance.Japan captured islands throughout the Central Pacific and the South Pacific,...
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Researchers just found a WWII shipwreck that was lost for over 75 years off...
Almost exactly 75 years ago, on August 18, 1943, the USS Abner Read was rocked by a severe explosion.The blast — which most historians say was likely a Japanese mine — tore the 75-foot stern section of...
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The US has deported a 95-year-old Nazi concentration camp guard who was...
Jakiw Palij, a 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard, was deported early Tuesday morning.He had been living on welfare in Queens, New York, until his deportation.He landed in Düsseldorf,...
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These are 7 of the worst military defeats in modern history
It's easy, when you're one of the world's great powers, to think that most battles will go your way. And the ones that won't? Well, you can only lose so badly when you've got better technology, larger...
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Poland asks to see US documents on deported ex-Nazi guard
Polish authorities have asked the US to share documents relating to Jakiw Palij, the 95-year-old former Nazi guard who was deported to Germany earlier this month.While Germany said they have no...
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79 years after the Nazis invaded and started WWII, Poland is counting up how...
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A parliamentary commission in Poland reported Friday that the country lost more than 5 million citizens and over $54 billion dollars (46.6 billion euros) worth of assets under its...
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The US Navy's most successful WWII submarine also 'sank' a Japanese train
The Gato-class, diesel-powered US Navy submarine USS Barb is known for a lot of things. In 12 war patrols, she sank the third most tonnage in World War II, had eight battle stars, and fired the first...
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How a minor upgrade to a little-known piece of technology helped the Allies...
Jet engines, air-to-air rockets, drones. World War II was filled with flashy technological breakthroughs that would change warfare, both during that conflict and in wars to follow. But it was one...
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Putin made an unexpected offer to Japan to finally end World War II, but he...
Japan and Russia have never formally concluded World War II because of a festering territorial dispute.This month, Russian President Vladimir Putin seemed to spontaneously propose a peace deal.Experts...
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How a new kind of bomb and a daring nighttime raid helped the Allies cripple...
One of the most legendary successes of the Royal Air Force in World War II was a bombing raid that was written off for decades as a largely symbolic victory, but was actually a technically challenging...
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