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Hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, US Marines took on the Japanese in...
Summary List PlacementEarly on December 8, 1941, an American radio technician on Wake Island opened daily communications with the US Navy base at Pearl Harbor, located on the other side of the...
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COVID-19 has killed more British civilians than the Nazis
Summary List PlacementThe UK's COVID-19 death toll is now higher than the number of British civilians killed during World War II.As of Friday, the coronavirus had killed 79,833 people, according to UK...
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Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Narrator: If you're not sure what kind of car this is, you're not alone. These tiny metal capsules with wheels are called belly tanks, or...
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PHOTOS: The World War II Tuskegee heroes who proved Black pilots could fly...
Summary List PlacementSEE ALSO: How to tell where a US soldier or veteran has served based on their medalsIn 1941, the US military designated Tuskegee, Alabama, as the training ground for...
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These are the real brothers who inspired 'Saving Private Ryan'
Summary List PlacementThe 1998 movie "Saving Private Ryan" is one of the all-time great war movies. While much of the movie is a fictional account, the premise behind Capt. Miller's mission is based on...
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African-American GIs in World War II fought another battle when they got home
Summary List PlacementUntil the 21st century, the contributions of African-American soldiers in World War II barely registered in America's collective memory of that war.The "tan soldiers," as the...
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6 reasons the Battle of Iwo Jima is so important to US Marines
Summary List PlacementNo historical account of World War II would be complete without covering the Battle of Iwo Jima.At first glance, it seems similar to many other battles that happened late in the...
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Rarely seen footage from the battle of Iwo Jima reveals more about the US...
Summary List PlacementThis post originally appeared in February 2020.When most Americans think of the World War II battle for Iwo Jima — if they think of it at all, 76 years later — they think of one...
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How a daring raid by Norwegian commandos kept the Nazis from building a...
Summary List PlacementAt 8:00 p.m. on February 27, 1943, nine Norwegian commandos trained by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) left their hideout in the Norwegian wilderness and skied...
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How a 6th-grade history project exonerated the captain who was blamed for one...
Summary List PlacementIn 1945, the USS Indianapolis completed its top secret mission of delivering atomic bomb components to Tinian Island in the Pacific Theater of World War II. The heavy cruiser was...
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How an unusual World War II submarine raid may have influenced the Navy SEALs
Summary List PlacementFive sailors with black shoe polish on their faces peer over the shoulder of Engineman 3rd Class Hatfield as he connects the wires to the crude pressure-switch detonator wedged...
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The true story, and tragic ending, of 76 Allied prisoners' 'Great Escape'...
Summary List PlacementJust after 5:00 a.m. on March 25, 1944, a German soldier patrolling around the Stalag Luft III prisoner-of-war camp in Żagań, Poland, noticed slushy tracks in the snow outside the...
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Why the US's final World War II victories over the Japanese made it think...
Summary List PlacementOn the night of March 25, 1945, some 300 Japanese soldiers launched a surprise attack on Airfield Number 2 on Iwo Jima. They were among the last of the 21,000-strong garrison that...
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The surprising ways 3 women secretly fought the Nazis in Poland
Summary List PlacementAfter German dictator Adolf Hitler invaded Poland in September 1939, Nazis began segregating millions of Jews in Eastern Europe into sections of towns and cities designated...
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The deepest shipwreck ever found has been confirmed as a US warship sunk in a...
Summary List PlacementThe wreck of US Navy Fletcher-class destroyer USS Johnston has been found under 21,180 feet of water off the coast of the Philippine island of Samar.The discovery is significant...
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To pick up downed pilots during World War II, the US tested a system to yank...
Summary List PlacementOne of the most insane rollercoaster rides of World War II consisted of an airplane snatching a soldier off the ground and taking him from zero to 125 mph in seconds.In July 1943,...
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Prince Philip once lit up enemy ships as Royal Navy warships tore them apart...
Summary List PlacementPrince Philip, who died on Friday at the age of 99, was a decorated World War II veteran who fought in a number of battles during the global conflict, including one brutal...
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How Dwight D. Eisenhower 'lost' a B-17 bomber in a bet with a British general
Summary List PlacementThe liberation of Sfax, Tunisia on April 10, 1943 was a joyous occasion for nearly everyone involved.The Allies gained an important Mediterranean port, the Tunisians in the city...
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Why an audacious British plan to hunt German U-boats from aircraft carriers...
Summary List PlacementIn early 1942, Britain was in a desperate situation.The Royal Air Force had fought off Germany's relentless onslaught in the Battle of Britain and much of the German army was...
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Huge US amphibious tank craft from World War II discovered buried 30 feet...
Summary List PlacementExcavators in England have unearthed a huge World War II-era US landing craft from a field, 74 years after it went missing.In 1947, more than a dozen Buffalo LVT were taken to...
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