
03/25/2023
The Victors and the Defeated: A Classic World War II Photo
This single photographs captures so many emotions at the end of the war in Europe.
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This single photographs captures so many emotions at the end of the war in Europe.
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They were intended to take out U-boat pens, V-2 launch sites, dams and other tough targets.
They were intended to take out U-boat pens, V-2 launch sites, dams and other tough targets
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Amid the Cold War two German generals were among the few NATO commanders with direct experience fighting the Soviets—not to mention the Allies.
Amid the Cold War two German generals were among the few NATO commanders with direct experience fighting the Soviets—not to mention the Allies
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From North Africa to the liberation of Adolf Hi**er's lair in Berchtesgaden, Germany, the men of the 3rd ID slogged through it all.
For more than two centuries, those two words — give me — have been an essential and recurring element of our wartime vocabulary.
Capt. Richard Eugene Fleming's heroism earned him the only Medal of Honor awarded to a participant in the Battle of Midway.
Capt. Richard Eugene Fleming's heroism earned him the only Medal of Honor awarded to a participant in the Battle of Midway
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As World War II neared, Laura Ingalls took to the skies in the name of U.S. isolationism—and in support of N**i Germany.
As World War II neared, Laura Ingalls took to the skies in the name of U.S. isolationism—and in support of N**i Germany
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How the Japanese Enemy Airmen’s Act led to horrific war crimes.
Did General Homma deserve to die?
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Historians have been grappling with that question for decades.
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Before paving the way for a significant victory over N**i Germany, the commando outlet's men clashed with the infamous general.
Aside from ruling their owners’ homes (and the Internet), cats have also turned out to be rulers of the waves.
From June 1942 through 1945 frontline American soldiers filed stories and photographed World War II and its aftermath for a select readership—themselves.
From June 1942 through 1945 frontline American soldiers filed stories and photographed World War II and its aftermath for a select readership—themselves
Newspapers across Germany claimed that Lt. Kenneth Williams' flight jacket was "photo evidence for the underworld nature of [Allied] air terror."
Newspapers across Germany claimed that Lt. Kenneth Williams' flight jacket was "photo evidence for the underworld nature of [Allied] air terror"
When a German V-1 flying bomb struck Sloane Court, it marked the worst incidence of loss of life for American servicemen due to a V-1 blast in World War II.
When a German V-1 flying bomb struck Sloane Court, it marked the worst incidence of loss of life for American servicemen due to a V-1 blast in World War II
The result was a successful Russian sub.
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Shay, a member of the Penobscot Nation, served with the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic and landed in the first wave at Omaha Beach.
Shay, a member of the Penobscot Nation, served with the 1st Infantry Division as a combat medic and landed in the first wave at Omaha Beach
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During the interwar period, Germany began developing a ground-attack airplane to take on well-defended troops and armor, bucking post-WWI wisdom.
During the interwar period, Germany began developing a ground-attack airplane to take on well-defended troops and armor, bucking post-WWI wisdom
A close examination of the historical record reveals that ground-attack aircraft in World War II were not as successful against armor as many believe.
W.E. Fairbairn was a savvy martial arts master who survived hundreds of street fights and helped train special agents during World War II.
W.E. Fairbairn was a savvy martial arts master who survived hundreds of street fights and helped train special agents during World War II
Famed reporter Ernie Pyle went on a personal mission to Britain to relate the extraordinary deeds of ordinary people in wartime.
Famed reporter Ernie Pyle went on a personal mission to Britain to relate the extraordinary deeds of ordinary people in wartime
Francis Wai is the only American of Chinese ancestry to have received the Medal of Honor.
A new documentary, Unsettled History tells the story of the Doolittle raid on Tokyo but concentrates on the aftermath in China, where citizens put themselves in danger to aid the downed Americans.
A new documentary, Unsettled History tells the story of the Doolittle raid on Tokyo but concentrates on the aftermath in China, where citizens put themselves in danger to aid the downed Americans
The SS dug frantically in search of a missing royal skeleton and held candlelit ceremonies in a crypt to appease Heinrich Himmler.
This unloved American plane proved itself in Finnish pilots' hands as it beat back the Soviets in World War II.
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