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Tag: Germany

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This German Baroness Dodged Cannonballs During the American Revolution

by Frederika von Riedesel and Zita Ballinger Fletcher12/27/202312/28/2023

Hessian officer’s wife Frederika von Riedesel and her children were nearly shot during the battle of Saratoga.

Kidnapped During World War II, These German Corpses Proved A Headache for the U.S. Army

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher10/26/202310/26/2023

Rommel’s Lasting Injuries from World War I 

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher10/12/202310/12/2023
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Inspired by a Seed, an Austrian Designer Developed a Family of Airplanes—And the First Warplanes

by Jon Guttman6/7/20236/8/2023

They Say He Burned Down the Reichstag. But Was He Drugged Into Confessing?

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher3/1/20233/2/2023
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The Tirpitz Was Big, But Size Couldn’t Prevent the Battleship’s Destruction

by Larry Porges2/20/20232/2/2023
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Book Review: Tanks in the Battle of Germany, 1945, Western Front 

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher1/25/20234/26/2024
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How The French Added Fashion To World War I Airplanes

by Jon Guttman11/2/202211/2/2022

Is There Any Historical Truth In The Story of ‘Frankenstein’?

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher10/24/202210/26/2022
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He Went From Mowing FDR’s Lawn to the Battle of the Bulge: One Man’s WWII Odyssey

by David Sears8/24/20228/31/2022

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