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A 95-year-old former soldier was the only WWII veteran at the Battle of the...
George Arnstein, 95, was the only World War II veteran to attend the Battle of the Bulge's 75th anniversary memorial in Washington, DC, on Monday.Inclement weather conditions at the Capitol reportedly...
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One Army platoon's 'last-ditch stand' during the Battle of the Bulge holds...
The unexpected German attack in the Ardennes in December 1944 sent Allied forces reeling and left many American units cut off and trapped.In the conflicts since World War II, US troops have only rarely...
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10 weird jobs US troops had during World War II
Throughout the course of World War II, old technology was replaced by new equipment and techniques.The result was that troops from the US and other militaries had number of what now seem like strange...
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6 crucial turning points in Silicon Valley history that made it the tech...
Silicon Valley has been a hub of technological innovation for the last century.The region's growth is closely tied to buildup during World War II and federal investment.Recent events like Mark...
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75 years ago, US soldiers spent their first days in Europe fighting 'the...
US soldiers from the 42nd Infantry Division were hurried to France in the final days of 1944, expecting to head to a quiet sector.But they began 1945 in a furious fight with German troops during...
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75 years ago, US troops began the main battle of the long, bloody fight to...
In the first days of January 1945, US troops waded ashore in Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, to begin recapturing it from Japan.About 230,000 Japanese and more than 10,000 US troops would...
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76 years ago, a 14-year-old girl kept a secret diary of her time in one of...
In spring 1944, then 14-year-old Sheindi Miller-Ehrenwald, her parents, two sisters, and two brothers were deported from their home in what is now Slovakia by invading Nazis.Fourteen months later, only...
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4 stupid wars lost because of racism
Humans have gone to war for a lot of reasons — racism, hubris, and incompetence have all been common factors.In some noteworthy cases, the racist assumptions that led one side into a fight also led to...
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Photos show the horrors of Auschwitz, 75 years after its liberation
January 27, 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the Soviet Army's liberation of Auschwitz, the largest and deadliest Nazi concentration complex.First established in 1940 in German-occupied Poland,...
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A Maryland school district apologized after a 'clearly visible' Nazi flag in...
A Nazi flag hanging in the classroom window of a Maryland high school was visible to everyone at a basketball game Friday.Frederick County Public Schools staff took down the flag as soon as it was...
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Rarely seen footage from the battle of Iwo Jima reveals more about the US...
Seventy-five years after the battle of Iwo Jima, memories of the pivotal World War II battle are largely limited to the famous flag-raising on Mount Suribachi.But footage taken by combat cameramen,...
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How the US's massive bombardment of Iwo Jima made it even tougher to capture...
The US preceded its invasion of Iwo Jima on February 19, 1945, with massive aerial bombardment.The heavy bombing did significant damage to the surface of the island but had little effect on its...
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10 things you didn't know about one of the Marine Corps' most ferocious...
Iwo Jima stands out as one of the most intense of the many fierce battles the US Marine Corps has fought in 200-year history.The battle for the speck of volcanic rock in the Pacific in the final months...
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75 years after the US recaptured it during WWII, a US base in the Pacific is...
Since the Allies recaptured it in the final days of World War II, Wake Atoll has become a national landmark and a refueling stop for military aircraft.Now, however, the Air Force base on the island is...
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77 years ago, Norwegian commandos pulled off a daring raid that kept the...
Seventy-seven years ago, a parachute a small group of expert skiers into the wilderness that surrounded the Vemork chemical plant in Nazi-occupied Norway.The daring raid targeted Nazi efforts to...
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A former US Navy vessel turned $800,000 houseboat called 'the Evil Eye' is on...
A houseboat once owned by author Shel Silverstein is on the market in the Bay Area.The 1,200-square-foot home is listed for $783,000.Before it belonged to Silverstein, the boat was a World War II...
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The world is spiraling toward a 'wartime economy.' Here's what experts say...
The coronavirus outbreak has killed more than 10,000 people and infected more than 250,000 people worldwide. The US has confirmed more than 14,500 cases and 213 deaths.Battling the coronavirus pandemic...
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The coronavirus compelled me to talk about some of the horrors of recent...
The coronavirus quarantine made me talk to my little kids about Stalingrad, the Polish ghetto, and the Great Depression. I didn't plan it, it just kind of happened. At the dinner table.I wasn't trying...
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The surprising and resourceful ways people caught in the middle of World War...
Allied aviators carried parachutes with them all over the world during World War II.Though parachutes had just one purpose in combat, civilians on the front lines and at home were able to reuse them...
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Trump and Putin issued a symbolic statement for US and Russia to 'build...
Trump and Putin issued a joint statement calling for renewed US and Russian cooperation despite ongoing tensions between both governments."The 'Spirit of the Elbe' is an example of how our countries...
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