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    Six American Aircraft Which Were Crucial To Victory In WWII

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    • World War 2
    Nov 28, 2017 Kristine Croto

    Aircraft had begun to play a crucial role in the battles of World War I, but by the Second World War, aircraft had become a…

    21-Year-Old Bomber Pilot Who Died Saving His Crew, Running on Just One Engine He Stayed With the Bomber

    • World War 2
    • Military Vehicles
    Nov 28, 2017 Andrew Knighton

    On the night of May 30, 1942, Britain launched its largest bombing raid so far in World War Two. Of the 1,047 bombers that flew,…

    Unconventional Designs And Challenging Builds – German Heavy Tank Destroyers At The End of WWII

    • Military Vehicles
    • World War 2
    Nov 28, 2017 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…

    French And British Tanks Changed The Face Of Warfare In WWI, But Germany Did Not Realise Their Value Until The End Of The War

    • World War 1
    Nov 28, 2017 Andrew Knighton

    During WWI, military designers created the first tanks which changed the face of warfare. Not every nation, however, embraced them with the same level of…

    The SAS: WW2 Pioneers of Guerilla Warfare Whose Exploits Have Long Remained Secret

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    • World War 2
    Nov 28, 2017 Ian Harvey

    The Special Air Service has been talked about in whispered voices for 75 years.  What it accomplished in World War II has barely been recognized,…

    Catch Me if You Can: Franz Von Werra The Only German POW to Escape From Canada and Get Back Into the Fight

    • World War 2
    Nov 28, 2017 Jeff Edwards

    A POW escaping from captivity has long been one of the more fascinating plot lines of World War 2.  For all the war’s brutality, there…

    Pierre Ortiz: French Legionnaire, US Marine, Hollywood Actor, German Nightmare

    • World War 2
    Nov 28, 2017 Shahan Russell

    In late 1944, a man sat in a French café wearing a long, dark cape. Around him were German officers grumbling and cursing President Roosevelt,…

    The Fascinating story of Tokyo Rose – an American woman forced to broadcast WW2 propaganda by the Japanese

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    • World War 2
    Nov 28, 2017 Ian Harvey

    Radio propaganda was a prominent part of World War II and perhaps no on-air propagandist was more well-known than Iva Toguri, also known as “Tokyo…

    Hanns Scharff – Nazi Germany’s POW “Master Interrogator” Who Used Kindness Not Brutality

    • World War 2
    Nov 28, 2017 Shahan Russell

    The Nazis had a “Master Interrogator” who was so good at getting information out of prisoners that he became a legend. His methods were so…

    9 Feb 1945: Victory at the Colmar Pocket, Germans Eviction From The West Bank of The Rhine

    • World War 2
    Nov 28, 2017 Andrew Knighton

    On 9 February 1945, the last German forces on the west bank of the River Rhine were defeated by the French and Americans. The defeat…

    The Marshalls-Gilberts Raids of 1942: America’s Pearl Harbor Payback

    • World War 2
    Nov 28, 2017 Heather Fishel

    American President Franklin Roosevelt spoke words that would last for decades, for centuries when he decreed that December 7, 1941 would forever be a day…

    HMS Audacious: The Only Super-Dreadnought Sunk in WWI – By A German Naval Mine

    • World War 1
    Nov 28, 2017 Colin Fraser

    The biggest, most advanced, most expensive, and most daunting war machinery of World War I was the super-dreadnought battleship. These great sea beasts were near…

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