Iwo Jima code clerk Taizo Sakai paid his captors back for sparing his life […]
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Turnabout for the Soviets
How the Soviets mastered the art of blitzkrieg and beat the Germans at their […]
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The Last Kamikaze
When Emperor Hirohito announced Japan’s surrender, Admiral Matome Ugaki decided to lead one final […]
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Japan’s ‘Suicide Gun’
The Nambu Type 94 Shiki Kenju 8mm pistol was the worst military small arm […]
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The Devil’s Advocate
Hitler’s legal adviser claimed to love the law— but was devoted to a leader who despised it.
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Eight Days
For those at home, war occasionally made for short marriages and long memories. Sometimes […]
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Putting in a Little Overtime
The 38th Engineers embark on an ‘endless’ 90-day tour. Comparisons of the 38th Regimental […]
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WWII Today- March 2007
Rashomon Atop Mount Suribachi Sometimes history really is in the eye of the beholder. […]
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Night of the Long Knives
Adolf Hitler needed Ernst Röhm and his storm troops to climb to power in […]