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Why was a paste applied to German tanks
Why did German tanks have a strange paste on them during WWII? Meet Zimmerit—the anti-magnetic coating designed to protect ...
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Scraping the Barrel: Russia Is Buying Up Old T-34 Tanks
The T-34 played a pivotal role in winning the Second World War. But eighty years later, the tank is a museum piece.
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Audie Murphy: One Man Army of WWII
One man vs. an entire German assault force—this is the incredible true story of Audie Murphy. During the battle of Holtzwihr ...
Ukrainian commander who invaded Russia said his troops had no idea that's where they were going until the last minute
The commander said his forces didn't know they were going into Russia until the day before. The surprise assault caught ...
Ukraine needs 'real security guarantees' before any peace talks with Russia, Zelenskyy tells Vance
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday, before a meeting with U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance at the Munich Security Conference, that his country wants "security guarantees" before any ...
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Ukrainian commander who invaded Russia said his troops had no idea that's where they were going until the last minute
The daring invasion, which came as a surprise to Ukraine's partners and caught Moscow completely off guard, marked the biggest attack on Russian soil by a foreign enemy since World War II.
On This Day: Soviet Union expels dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn
In 1974, the Soviet Union expelled dissident writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn. In 1983, a blaze engulfed a crowded movie theater ...
Hegseth stands by comments that Ukraine must give up land in peace deal
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Thursday brushed off European complaints that President Trump’s surprise one-on-one talk ...
Hundreds of thousands demonstrate across Germany against promotion of the fascist AfD
The decision in Germany’s parliament to allow the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to secure a majority with its votes ...
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York WWII vet, 100, to finally get his Purple Heart 80 years after his plane was shot down
Harold "Bud" Pressel was injured when he bailed from his B-24 after it was struck by flak over enemy lines in 1944. He's ...
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The Son of an American Legion Founder Led a Guerrilla Campaign of Terror Against the Nazis
By today's standards, Eric Fisher Wood Sr. would probably not have joined the National Guard, let alone join two armies to ...
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York WWII vet, 100, to finally get his Purple Heart 80 years after his plane was shot down
A piece of flak ripped through the bomber’s left wing between its two massive prop engines, piercing a fuel tank ... about 30 years ago at a World War II memorial week in Reading, Pa.