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    Tank Profile: Ferdinand Tank Destroyer And Its Successor The Elefant (Watch)

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    • World War 2
    Oct 27, 2016 Nikola Budanovic

    When Ferdinand Porsche offered his designs for the Tiger II tank in 1939, it was deemed too unconventional. It was also considered too demanding to…

    Franklin D. Roosevelt, The People’s President – A Strong Leader For A Turbulent Time

    • World War 2
    Oct 27, 2016 David Herold

    Franklin D. Roosevelt led the United States through World War II and the Great Depression. He was the only President of the United States to…

    The Battle of Ortona – When 2,600 Canadian Men Were Sacrificed for a General’s Pride

    • World War 2
    Oct 27, 2016 Shahan Russell

    In December 1943, a group of largely untested Canadians went up against German forces in the Italian town of Ortona. The result was a bloodbath…

    The Battle of Wavre – Ten Miles From Waterloo, Another Battle May Have Sealed Napoleon’s Fate

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    Oct 27, 2016 Malcolm Higgins

    The long struggle of the Napoleonic wars famously culminated in the Battle of Waterloo. Undoubtedly Napoleon Bonaparte’s greatest defeat, this engagement would signal the end…

    General Lucian Truscott, Possibly The Best American General Of WWII

    • World War 2
    Oct 27, 2016 Jeff Edwards

    There is no doubt that many officers during the two World Wars rose through the ranks on the basis of their experience and previous service.…

    WWII Hero Reunites With A Little Dutch Girl Who He Saved From Being Run Over By A Tank

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    • World War 2
    Oct 27, 2016 Ian Harvey

    What a pleasant occasion it must have been for Alan King, at 92 years of age, to once again meet up with the person whose…

    Wilhelm Adalbert Hosenfeld – The German Who Saved “The Pianist” And Is Honored by Israel

    • World War 2
    Oct 27, 2016 Shahan Russell

    Sometimes, things aren’t always so black and white. Take the Nazi officer who ran a concentration camp in Poland. Who would ever have thought that he’d…

    The Highway Of Death – First Gulf War

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    • Featured
    Oct 27, 2016 Ian Harvey

    The Kuwait – Iraq highways, including highway 80 and highway 8 are the direct road routes connecting these two Middle Eastern countries are huge highways,…

    This Fighter Pilot Saved a Bomber Squadron From German Fighter Attacks For over Half an Hour. Alone

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    • World War 2
    Oct 27, 2016 Shahan Russell

    During WWII, he single-handedly protected a bomber squadron against German planes… even when he ran out of ammo. They called him the “One Man Airforce”…

    Skorzeny: The Mythical Nazi Commando (Part 1)

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    Oct 27, 2016 Guest Author

    Guest Blog For War History Online By Adeyinka Makinde The rescue seventy years ago of the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini from captivity in a hotel lodge…

    Top 10 Greatest Military Blunders of World War II (Watch)

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    • World War 2
    Oct 27, 2016 Joris Nieuwint

    Why did the Allies win the Second World War? Did they have the best soldiers, or the best generals, or the most powerful weapons? Did…

    A Hero Returns Home From Iraq – Ten Years Later

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    Oct 27, 2016 Ian Harvey

    The remains of F-16 pilot Maj. Troy Gilbert arrived home almost ten years after his death in Iraq while saving the lives of coalition allies…

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