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The story of the Nazi 'wonder weapon' that the Allies couldn't stop and...
As the tide turned against Germany during World War II, the Nazis invested more in "wonder weapons," like the V-2 missile.Those weapons weren't enough to save the Nazis, but they had a profound impact...
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The secret WWII mission that had US bombers flying at treetop height deep...
Summary List PlacementThe B-24 Liberator was the most produced US aircraft of World War II and vital to the Allied victory. Designed for high-altitude precision bombing, the B-24s of the US Army's...
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76 years ago, the Allies launched the largest airborne attack ever — here's...
Summary List PlacementIn mid-September 1944, things looked great for the Allies. With their foothold in Normandy secured after D-Day and the successful invasion of Southern France in Operation Dragoon,...
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75 years ago, the Allies launched an ambitious but ill-fated plan to end WWII...
Summary List PlacementIt's been 75 years since the launch of Operation Market Garden — the World War II mission to secure key bridges across Belgium and the Netherlands while pushing an Allied advance...
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Navy divers in Poland are defusing the largest World War II-era bomb ever...
Summary List PlacementWARSAW (Reuters) - Navy divers on Monday began a five-day operation to defuse the largest unexploded World War II bomb ever found in Poland, forcing more than 750 people to...
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The largest World War II bomb ever found in Poland was blown up in a river
Summary List PlacementTallboy, the biggest unexploded World War II bomb ever found in Poland, dropped by a Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster in 1945, during the raid on the German cruiser Lutzow, has...
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The Navy named its newest submarine after a legendary World War II sub that...
Summary List PlacementOnce again, the Navy will have USS Barb in the fleet.On Tuesday, Navy Secretary Kenneth Braithwaite announced the names of two new vessels: the John F. Lehman, a future...
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A piece from one of World War II's most famous fighter planes just washed up...
Summary List PlacementYou never know what can wash ashore…Dutch media outlets are reporting an interesting discovery that took place at Vrouwenpolder, in the southwestern province of Zeeland, in the...
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Why the biggest battle in naval history was also the last hurrah for the...
Summary List PlacementBy autumn 1944, Allied commanders were planning for the final stage of the war in the Pacific.Central to that was cutting Japan off from the rest of its empire — especially the...
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How the most successful submarine in US Navy history ended up sinking itself
Summary List PlacementOn the night of October 24, 1944, US Navy submarine USS Tang was in the Taiwan Strait shadowing a massive convoy of Japanese tankers and transports.Tang was by then on its fifth...
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The Kubelwagen was Nazi Germany's answer to the Jeep, and it earned the...
Summary List PlacementPrior to World War II, the rising chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler, announced plans to make Germany into a motorized nation. This led to the adoption of the Volkswagen...
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Florida police detective buys a $1,000 Purple Heart to try and reunite it...
Summary List PlacementA police detective in Florida on Sunday purchased a Purple Heart that was originally priced at $10,000 at an antique shop in order to track down the family of its owner, according...
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Japan built monster plane-carrying subs to attack US cities during World War...
Summary List PlacementOn August 28, 1945, two US destroyers intercepted a massive Japanese submarine several miles off the coast of Honshu, Japan's biggest island. The submarine, which was larger than...
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How 'the first Pearl Harbor' convinced the Japanese they could pull off a...
Summary List PlacementBy early spring 1941, Japanese military strategists were hard at work planning their blitz into Southeast Asia. The planners, especially Adm. Isoroku Yamamoto, knew this expansion...
View ArticleInside the factory where army veterans make 7 million poppies every year for...
Summary List PlacementThe Poppy Factory in Richmond creates poppy products for the Royal British Legion's annual poppy appeal.Each poppy starts as a plastic stem, imported into the factory. The paper...
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Rare video takes you into a 'scallywag bunker' that was Britain's last line...
Summary List PlacementEighty years ago, as Nazi Germany's military might amassed along the French coast, small groups of highly trained British killers bade farewell to their families and made their...
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19 unforgettable images from the Pearl Harbor attack 79 years ago
Summary List PlacementDecember 7, 1941, began as a perfect Sunday morning for the troops serving the US fleet at Pearl Harbor.Under a early morning South Pacific sun, softball teams were lining up on...
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The Navy created incredible photos comparing Pearl Harbor today to the day of...
Summary List PlacementOn December 7, 1941, the US Navy fleet stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii suffered a devastating attack from the air and sea.The Japanese assault began at 7:48 a.m., resulting in...
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Gen. Chuck Yeager, 'The Right Stuff' test pilot who broke sound barrier, has...
Summary List PlacementChuck Yeager, the steely "Right Stuff" test pilot who took aviation to the doorstep of space by becoming the first person to break the sound barrier more than 70 years ago, died...
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More Americans have now died from COVID-19 than the number of US troops...
Summary List PlacementThe US has now recorded more COVID-19 deaths than the number of Americans killed in combat during World War II, the bloodiest war in human history.According to the Department of...
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