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Ukraine fooled Russia with the same deceptions Germany used at WWII's Battle of the Bulge

Ukraine's invasion of Russia's Kursk region used proven tactics from World War II's Battle of the B…

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A US invasion of Taiwan in WWII would have been a disaster. A Chinese operation faces similar dangers.

An invasion of Taiwan by China today would face similar challenges that caused the US to drop the i…

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World War II historian rates 9 more WWII battles in movies and TV

World War II Historian Rates 9 More WWII Battles In Movies And TV | How Real Is It? | Insider

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WWII historian rates 'Saving Private Ryan' for realism

John McManus, a World War II historian, looks at war scenes from "Saving Private Ryan" and rates th…

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A US military aircraft just returned to a WWII airstrip that was once the site of a bloody battle in the Pacific

With eyes on China, the US military is searching the Pacific for more airfields from which its airc…

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The wreck of a legendary WWII US submarine has been found at the bottom of the South China Sea

Underwater drones and photogrammetry helped capture stunning images that confirmed the legendary US…

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Ukraine's military is shifting to a defensive strategy that failed Nazi Germany in WWII

Ukraine's military is opting for a strategy that echoes Nazi Germany's desperate attempts to stop i…

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Tourists won't stop visiting a forbidden WWII-era landmark even as it's being destroyed due to over-tourism

The popular Haiku Stairs in Hawaii, featured on TikTok and Instagram, made the location even more p…

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'The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare' is based on a true story. Here are the WWII special forces played by Henry Cavill, Alan Ritchson, and co.

Directed by Guy Ritchie, the film tells the story of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). Create…

Ayomikun Adekaiyero   


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A group of WWII-era scientists used themselves as guinea pigs to learn to breathe underwater. Their experiments helped make D-Day possible.

During WWII, scientists breathed CO2, oxygen, and other gases to learn about diving and submarine t…

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China is building its military on a 'scale not seen since WWII' and is on track to be able to invade Taiwan by 2027: US admiral

"We must go faster," US Adm. John Aquilino urged lawmakers repeatedly during a two-hour hearing on …

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British intelligence releases unseen images of code-breaking 'Colossus' computer that helped allies win WWII

"Colossus" provided intelligence that Hitler had been duped into believing the Allies would invade …

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The top-secret 'Ghost Army' unit, which used inflatable tanks and costumes to fool Nazi Germany in WWII, was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal

The "Ghost Army" unit ran more than 20 missions to falsely depict troop movements with tank soundtr…

Matthew Loh   


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A thrift store called the cops after someone donated a WWII grenade they'd been using as a paperweight

"Well, you never know what you can find when thrifting and yesterday proved that to be true," the A…

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The WWII Tokyo firebombing was the deadliest air raid in history, with a death toll exceeding those of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

The US air raid killed up to 100,000 Japanese people, most of them civilians, signaling an escalati…

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Israeli official disgraced the memory of the Holocaust by comparing war on Hamas to WWII, memorial museum says

An Israeli official compared the Israel-Hamas war to the Holocaust, sparking condemnation from the …

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Navy veteran deep cleans forgotten WWII headstones

Trae Zipperer is the founder of By Memorial Day, a nonprofit that seeks to promote the annual maint…

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WWII Air Force expert rates 8 dogfights in movies

Pilot and Air Force officer Lt. Col. Matt Ziemann rates eight World War II dogfight scenes in movie…

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Satellite photos show how the US Air Force is reclaiming a WWII-era airfield from the jungle to prepare to dodge Chinese missiles

The US Air Force has a plan to spread out to new bases to avoid incoming attacks. Now it's working …

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