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Posted inStories

Allied-Printed Military Money Caused a Black Market Frenzy in Postwar Berlin

by Don Smith5/20/20225/20/2022

American and Soviet occupation forces
in Germany found themselves rolling in cash, both legal and otherwise.

Posted inStories

“My Jerrycan”: A Glamorous Wartime Souvenir, Packaged in a Decidedly Unglamorous Way

by Kirstin Fawcett and HistoryNet staff4/8/20224/8/2022
Posted inFeature, Stories

How Legendary NFL Coach Tom Landry Honed His Fighting Instincts in World War II

by Mark Oristano2/13/20225/5/2022
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The Famed American Aviatrix Secretly on the Nazi Payroll

by April White12/10/20213/4/2022
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Mildred Harnack Lost Her Life to Hitler—And Her Legacy to the Cold War

by Rebecca Donner10/21/20213/21/2022
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‘Battle of the Beams’: Germany’s Invisible Secret Weapon That Could Have Devastated Britain

by Robert Hutton10/7/20214/19/2022
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He Jumped Out of a Burning B-17—And Into the Hands of the Germans

by Bill Livingstone 9/24/20219/27/2021
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Why the Royal Thai Air Force Both Fought and Supported America During World War II

by Tom Yarborough8/30/20214/22/2022
Soviet antiaircraft fire and searchlights punctuate the night sky over Moscow. Fear built below, leading to the October 16, 1941, day of the “Great Panic.” (Naum Granovsky/TASS via Getty Images)
Posted inFeature, Stories

Moscow’s Citizens Veered Toward Mass Panic as the German Army Approached

by Jonathan Dimbleby8/12/20218/2/2021
Posted inFeature, Stories

Death From Above: How a U.S. Navy Force Battled a Kamikaze Onslaught

by Brent E. Jones7/8/20217/13/2021

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