How the Allied policy of “steel not flesh” saved lives—and yielded victory.
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Battle of Britain: The ‘Few’ Four Score On
Conventional wisdom holds “The Few” handed Nazi Germany its first defeat in World War II and set the Allies on the road to ultimate victory. But is that true?
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Thanks to Twitter, the ‘Naked Gunner’ Continues To Be Remembered Decades On
The identity of the crewman, dubbed the “Naked Gunner”, has never been established, but that hasn’t stopped appreciation from pouring in, even decades later.
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Race Riot at Sea: 1972 Kitty Hawk Incident Fueled Fleet-Wide Unrest
The ship was a powder keg awaiting a fuse to be lit. And that came on Oct. 11, when racial unrest triggered the worst shipboard riot in U.S. Navy history.
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Upcoming WWII Series from Steven Spielberg & Tom Hanks Inks Star Director
Envisioned as the final installment in the trilogy of the HBO-produced miniseries “Band of Brothers” and “The Pacific”
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The Day We Lost Charlie: a Secret Mission and a Sudden Death
How a secret mission in Vietnam brought an inexperienced helicopter pilot into a Viet Cong ambush
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Adolf Hitler: Obsessed with the Occult
Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime turned to voodoo science in their drive for supremacy.
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Coming Out Catholic in Colonial Maryland
The Puritans weren’t the only sect to seek freedom to worship in North America
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Mystery Ship: September 2020
In August 1940 an Italian airplane took to the sky without a propeller, grandly signaling that aviation stood on the threshold of a new age.
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Who Was the Last American Killed in Combat in World War II?
The war was supposed to be over when Anthony Marchione became an unfortunate statistic over Japan.