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Newspaper artist Howard Brodie enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1942, soon joining the combat artist program. He was sent by Yank magazine to capture his impressions of the war with a pencil during the Guadalcanal campaign and then the fighting in Europe. Read more
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First launched for PC in March 2026, the multiplayer action game Over The Top: WWI has thousands of reviews on Steam for what currently sits at a “Very Positive” distinction. Read more
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Marguerite Higgins of the New York Herald Tribune and Stars and Stripes reporter Peter Furst drove into one of the Nazis’ most infamous concentration camps with the U.S. Read more
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American infantrymen in jeeps and halftracks raced for a bridge over the Inn River. If they captured it intact, they could cross from Germany into Austria and capture the town of Braunau, the birthplace of Adolf Hitler. Read more
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On September 11, 1944, the U.S. First Army began its attack into Germany at the Belgium/Luxembourg border, its vaunted VII Corps in the lead. Read more
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Wearing his flight suit, Luftwaffe Aviator and Bachem test pilot Lothar Sieber approached Natter (“Viper”) M23, standing on its launcher at the Heuberg Training Area in southwest Germany on March 1, 1945. Read more
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The English officer studied the Burmese river and its surroundings. The area seemed quiet, for the moment peaceful. Read more
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In truth, it really was not a combat operation. For every airplane lost to enemy action, a hundred were destroyed in accidents. Read more
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Former German President Horst Koehler once said that Auschwitz, the largest Nazi extermination camp, was home to the “worst crime in human history.” Read more
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The U.S. 29th Infantry Division was formed in July 1917, three months after America entered World War I. Read more
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“I jammed the throttle wide open and, attacking the Me-109 from the port quarter, fired one burst of four seconds and three bursts of two seconds each,” Pilot Officer William R. Read more
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When the first tanks appeared in World War I, they were relatively lightly armored and protected the crews only against small-arms fire. Read more
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Generaloberst Erwin Rommel, commander of the Panzerarmee Afrika, was in his element, riding in an armored car at top speed through the desiccated plains of the Libyan desert. Read more
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The second World War seems like a long time ago for most of the world, with the harsh realities of blitzkrieg warfare and the Holocaust primarily learned through books and films, possibly a museum. Read more
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Géneral d’ Armée Jacques-Philippe Leclerc’s service to France during World War II made him one of the few heroes to be admired by the whole country. Read more
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The first published photo of one of the odd—but highly versatile —frontline vehicles of World War II appeared on the cover of the July 1942 edition of German Propaganda Minister Dr. Read more
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The 80th Infantry Division’s lineage goes back to the First World War. It was first organized at Camp Lee, Virginia, on August 5, 1917. Read more
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In the summer of 1944, the Third United States Army under Lt. Gen. George S. Patton made a spectacular dash across France, a daring advance that ranks high on the list of great military endeavors. Read more
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Many handgun enthusiasts’ blog entries recount how they stumbled onto a local gun show table only to find a dull-finished revolver that clearly bore the impression “Colt Commando .38 Special” on the left side of the barrel. Read more
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The moon like a tray was sinking in the western sea and the deep red sun showed its face to the east. Read more
