Hitler’s scientists had nothing comparable to the Manhattan Project, but the Allies weren’t going to take any chances.
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Powerful Men Have Committed Carnal Crimes
Even in Puritan Boston, a wealthy man got away with victimizing a young woman
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Uncommon Valor at Outpost Bruce
For 51 hours, U.S. Marines held off Chinese assaults on Outpost Bruce.
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Thunder in the Cinema: Hollywood’s Jet Age Movies
Hollywood’s fictional U.S. Air Force films often diverged from reality, but most are worth watching if only for the aerial sequences featuring rare jet aircraft
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Daily Quiz for October 21, 2019
This artist was the First Court Painter for King Carlos IV of Spain.
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Daily Quiz for October 20, 2019
In 1889 Virginia created this as a legal state holiday.
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Daily Quiz for October 19, 2019
The German railway gun, Heavy Gustav, was named after this man.
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A Naval Officer’s Fateful Decisions at Pearl Harbor
‘I was sleeping when the first missile hit the ship’
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The Advertising Photographer Who Turned His Lens to War
Whether he was shooting men’s shoes or men at sea, Charles E. Kerleespared no attention to detail.
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Mystery Ship: January 2020
Can you identify this tiny T-tail twin? Click here for the answer!