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A year before the D-Day invasion, the Allies took the fight to the Axis in...
In July 1943, Allied troops stormed the beaches of Sicily, punching into what Winston Churchill called "the soft underbelly of Europe."Operation Husky, as it was known, gave the Allies a base in the...
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Why Brazilian troops had the best unit patch of World War II
Brazil was the only South American country to join the Allied effort during World War II.Brazil's entry into the war was widely unexpected, and when Brazilian troops arrived in Europe in late 1942,...
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Scientists describe setting off the world's first nuclear bomb 75 years ago:...
US scientists tested an atomic bomb in the New Mexico desert exactly 75 years ago.The launch, part of the Manhattan Project, marked the development of the deadliest and most powerful weapon in...
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76 years ago, the first jet fighter changed aerial combat forever, but it...
In summer 1944, the Nazis debuted one of the many advanced weapons they devised during World War II: the Messerschmitt Me 262.The Me 262 was the first operational fighter jet in history, and while it...
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How a secret mission to deliver the first atomic bomb turned into the Navy's...
In late July 1945, the US Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis sailed across the Pacific on a secret mission.The Indianapolis successfully completed that mission, but a much more arduous experience awaited...
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Why the Germans let thousands of British troops slip away at Dunkirk
In summer 1940, thousands of British troops and other Allied fighters slipped away from the Germans sweeping across France.The evacuation wasn't successful just because of British determination. A...
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One of WWII's toughest battles began 78 years ago — here are 7 things you...
The Guadalcanal campaign during World War II was one of the more savage battles in the Pacific theater.Between August 7, 1942 and February 9, 1943, tens of thousands of US Marines and soldiers gave...
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What the US's first major World War II offensive in the Pacific teaches us...
Between August 1942 and February 1943, the US fought the battle of Guadalcanal, wresting the island from its tenacious Japanese defenders.The triumph in that battle has important lessons about adapting...
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Trump said the 1918 Spanish flu 'probably ended' World War II, which did not...
During an eventful press briefing on Monday, President Donald Trump incorrectly claimed that in 1917 the Spanish flu "probably ended the Second World War."World War II began more than two decades after...
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It wasn't just the Marines: 6 WWII battles where the US Army crushed the...
The US campaign in the Pacific during World War II is largely remembered as one led by the US Marine Corps.But US Army soldiers were active through the Pacific theater during the war, winning a few...
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US Navy amphibious assault ship sails into Hawaii with flight deck loaded up...
The US Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex sailed into Pearl Harbor this week carrying 14 vintage World War II aircraft.The collection of privately owned aircraft included a P-51 Mustang...
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2 years before D-Day, the Allies tried to invade Nazi-occupied Europe — they...
In August 1942, Allied forces launched a raid on a Nazi-occupied port in France to see if such an invasion was possible on a larger scale.The raid on Dieppe was a failure, costing the Allies hundreds...
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How a minor upgrade to a little-known piece of technology helped the Allies...
World War II was defined by technological breakthroughs that shaped the war and spurred rapid advances during the peacetime that followed.But an upgrade to a mundane piece of hardware early in the war...
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These improvised Navy ships were like Venus fly traps for Nazi submarines
The US Navy and Coast Guard scoured the Atlantic for any German submarine they could find in order to protect merchant shipping during World War II.But submarines are hard to sneak up on, and US...
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As US planes bombed Japan in World War II, the Japanese sent balloons across...
As the US went on the offensive in the Pacific during World War II, the Japanese looked for ways to strike back at the US mainland.The Japanese had limited resources, so they turned to a low-tech...
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The US's best tank in World War II rarely saw combat
Before World War II, the US Army didn't think it needed tanks to fight other tanks.That decision affected which tanks the Army sent onto the battlefield, and it wasn't until near the end of the war in...
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World War II bombing in Europe was so intense it left marks on the edge of...
World War II is known for producing the atomic bomb, but most destructive energy still came from conventional weapons.In Europe, the conventional bombs dropped during Allied air campaigns produced...
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6 brutal facts about 'flying the hump' — the deadly World War II air route...
To keep Allied forces fighting in China, US pilots had to fly a dangerous route over the Himalayas from India."The Hump," as the route was known, was incredibly dangerous, claiming more than 1,000 men...
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Meet the small group of elite British commandos who went deep behind enemy...
In the early days of World War II, the Axis and the Allies fought each other across the vast and inhospitable North African desert.The terrain and conditions were challenges to any kind of military...
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5 Steven Spielberg movies inspired by his dad's service in World War II
Arnold Spielberg, a World War II veteran and father of acclaimed director Steven Spielberg, died this week at 103.Arnold's experiences were a major influence on his son's films, some of which were...
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