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Nazi Angels of Death

Five notorious female Nazi guards who served the regime with horrifying vigor....

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The Mysterious Death of Mike Turpin

The fate of a military broadcaster in Vietnam in 1972 still leaves doubts and questions...

Military History

Tommy’s Other Guns: Firearms Inventor John T. Thompson

Thompson’s namesake submachine gun became the stuff of legend, but his other firearms and ammunition innovations are nothing to sneeze at...

Military History

November 2020 Readers’ Letters

Readers sound off about trench art, the proximity fuze in maritime combat and D-Day invasion stripes...

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Book Review: The War Queens

Father-daughter authors Jonathan W. and Emily Anne Jordan profile 13 of history's most prominent female war leaders...

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Book Highlights WWII Germany’s Bizarre’s Obsession with Posing with Polar Bear Mascots

“It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma.”...

Aviation History

“Screwball” Beurling: The Falcon of Malta

In a few short weeks he downed 27 Axis aircraft. A deeply religious, nonsmoking teetotaler who eschewed profanity and possessed little more than a grade school education, George Beurling was obsessed with flying and shooting and confessed...

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Target Acquired: Downtown Nashville is a Bullseye for Overlooked Civil War History

Early on a Friday evening in Nashville, I stand in the bullseye of history on the corner of 5th Avenue and Church Street. Two blocks south stands the Ryman Auditorium, once home of the Grand Ole Opry. A short distance north, 124 black...

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The Allies’ Billion-dollar Secret: The Proximity Fuze of World War II

An engineering triumph developed under strict wartime secrecy, the proximity fuze vastly increased the lethality of anti-aircraft guns and field artillery. ...

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American History Review: How the Victors Divvyed the Spoils at Yalta

Historian Preston argues that Stalin did not actually make patsies of Roosevelt and Churchill...

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Watch the Teaser Trailer to Netflix’s Upcoming Animated WWII Series ‘The Liberator’

Netflix dropped a teaser trailer last week to its upcoming animated World War II series “The Liberator” — and it looks incredible. Scheduled for a Nov. 11 release, in accordance with Veterans Day, the limited four-part series acts as...

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Last Air Battles of World War II

Confusion reigned 75 years ago when Japan announced its surrender but pilots on both sides kept fighting....

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Here’s What You Need to Know About the New Army and Navy...

You can always count on a healthy rivalry between the Army and the Navy — even when it comes to sharing updates on museums honoring their respective services on the same day. On Tuesday, the Army announced it is poised to open the...

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