As time was running out, something happened on Mindanao…but what? IN AUGUST 1945, despite […]
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Invisible Coup: A Failed Attempt to Assassinate Hitler
Though a notorious scheme to kill Hitler failed, the plot had stunning—if brief—success in Paris.
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Profiles in Cold Steel: The Making of Tanks
In making tanks, countries revealed their national personalities—and sealed their fates. Elusive Insights on […]
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The High Price of Valor: Sam Dealey
Submariner Sam Dealey achieved the hunter-killer ideal, but success at sea cost him his […]
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Time Travel: Target Berlin
IT’S EARLY APRIL, and Berlin’s Humboldthain Park is in full bloom. Wide paths run […]
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WWII Today- October 2014
Putin Plays the Great Patriotic War Card Vladimir Putin had not even been born […]
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Finding Humor in Hell: Conversation with Peter Jorgensen
COPENHAGEN, winter 1945: Peter Jorgensen, 18, is a Danish boy scout and Resistance worker […]
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Reading List: Tom Brokaw
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany William […]
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Doble Model E: Last of the Red-Hot Steamers (Sidebar by Jay Leno)
Auto engineer Abner Doble spent his life trying to turn boiling water into success after everyone else had given up on steam cars (w/ sidebar by Jay Leno)
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Encounter: When Dennis Wilson Met Charles Manson
In the summer of 1968, Beach Boy drummer Dennis Wilson has an unusual counter with notorious serial killer Charles Manson