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    This WWII US Fighter Pilot Knows His Stuff, Shooting Down A ME-262 Jet Fighter – Color Video

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    Oct 14, 2016 Joris Nieuwint

      This is amazing U.S. gun camera footage of an American fighter firing at a German Messerschmitt Me 262 jet fighter. These Messerschmitts would normally…

    There Are Only Two Airworthy Avro Lancasters Left In The World – Watch This Awesome Flyby From One Of Them

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    • World War 2
    Oct 14, 2016 Joris Nieuwint

    Watch the Canadian Warplane Heritage Center Lancaster “Vera” making an incredible low pass, make sure to turn up the volume! This particular Lancaster is known…

    The Awesome Leopard 2 Tank Is Unstoppable Against An Anti-Tank Ditch (Watch)

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    • Military Vehicles
    Oct 14, 2016 Joris Nieuwint

    This video footage demonstrates two different methods that a Leopard 2 Tank utilizes to pass a ditch that’s designed to stop it. The Leopard 2…

    The Russian AK-47 Versus The American M16 – Testing Two Of The Most Iconic Post-WW2 Rifles (Watch)

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    Oct 14, 2016 Joris Nieuwint

    The AK-47 and the M16 were two of the most important rifles of the period following the Second World War. The AK-47, often known as…

    Stunning Time-Lapse Of Aircraft Carrier Being Built With Massive Lego-Like Pieces

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    Oct 14, 2016 Joris Nieuwint

    This video shows amazing time-lapse footage of the HMS Prince of Wales, which is a Queen Elizabeth-Class aircraft carrier, being assembled much like Lego blocks.…

    When The Mighty Aircraft Carrier USS Oriskany Slipped Beneath The Waves (Watch)

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    Oct 14, 2016 Joris Nieuwint

    The USS Oriskany had a long and varied time in service before it finally found its resting place as an artificial reef. Named after a battle…

    Geologist May Have Found Exact Route Hannibal Used To Cross The Alps-Following a Trail of Dung

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    • Worldwide
    Oct 13, 2016 Ian Harvey

    In 218 BC, Hannibal marched an army consisting of soldiers, mules, horses and elephants from Spain, over the Alps, and into Italy to attack the…

    10 Strange Facts About Sir Winston Churchill

    • History
    Oct 13, 2016 Lincoln Riddle

    Winston Churchill may be most well known for his time spent as the Prime Minister of Great Britain during World War II, but he contributed…

    The Leftover Coded Messages Of WWII: Why It Took Decades To Solve Secret German Messages

    • World War 2
    Oct 13, 2016 Heather Fishel

    Though World War II ended more than half a century ago, not all of the mysteries of that time in history have been solved. Questions…

    George H. Bush Narrowly Escaped Being Executed and Eaten By The Japanese in WWII

    • World War 2
    Oct 13, 2016 Colin Fraser

    In September 1944, the USS Finback submarine surfaced a few miles off the coast of Chichi Jima, an island some 700 miles South of Tokyo.…

    Faces of Evil: Female Concentration Camp Guards

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    • Featured
    Oct 13, 2016 Lincoln Riddle

    Up until 1942, guards at concentrations camps within Adolf Hitler’s Empire were primarily male. That all changed in 1942 when the first female guards were appointed…

    Why the Rosenbergs Were Executed

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    • War Articles
    Oct 13, 2016 Ian Harvey

    On April 5th, 1951, Judge Irving Kaufman sentenced Julius and Ethel Rosenberg to death. He called them traitors who put “into the hands of the…

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