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The Story Behind Radar’s Departure From ‘M*A*S*H’

· A US Marine Corps Veteran Once Killed His Stepfather… With An Atomic Wedgie

· Glen Doherty: The CIA Contractor and Retired US Navy SEAL Who Bravely Faced Militants In Benghazi

· The Movies That Made Kirk Douglas One of the War Genre’s Best

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The British Army Took Over the Village of Tyneham to Prepare for D-Day

· Museum Releases Promotional Booklet Ahead of ‘The Third Man’ Film Anniversary

· St. Ermin’s Hotel: The London Hotel Favorited By Spies

· They Called Her ‘Agnes’: The Untold Story Of A French Resistance Hero

World War II

With the Type 93 Torpedo, the Allies Didn’t Know What Hit Them… Literally

· Behind-the-Scenes Facts About the Popular WWII Film, ‘The Longest Day’

· Hiroshima Survivor Kiyoshi Tanimoto and the Co-Pilot of the Enola Gay Met on an American TV Show

· The True Story Behind the Spaghetti Run in ‘Band of Brothers’

· The True Story Behind the USS Indianapolis Monologue in ‘Jaws’

· Three-Part Docuseries to Highlight Heroics of Women During World War II

Napoleon Wars

The Real-Life History Behind the British Television Series, ‘Sharpe’

· Ridley Scott Reveals He Has a ‘Fantastic’ Extended Cut of ‘Napoleon’

· Did Tin Buttons Cause Napoleon’s Army To Retreat From Russia?

· Remains Of Napoleonic Soldiers Buried In Vyazma After 209 Years

World War I

The Tank Museum Republishing Trevor Pidgeon’s ‘The Tanks at Flers’

· World War I-Era Shipwrecks Surface During Texas Drought

· The Tank Museum Acquires Development and Design Documents for Mark I Tank

· Zone Rouge: The WWI-Era Battlefields That Are Still Dangerous Over 100 Years Later

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