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The German army is still struggling to come to terms with its Nazi past,...
After the end of World War II, West Germany formed a new military called the "Bundeswehr."Though it's not thought of as a successor to the Wehrmacht, a certain portion of this force still identifies...
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Why German women voted for Hitler, in their own words
Adolf Hitler rose to power in the 1930s with the support of millions of Germans, men and women alike.More than 30 essays written in 1934 and long forgotten shed light on why German women voted for a...
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What it was like in the room when Nazi Germany finally surrendered to end...
Nazi Germany finally surrendered to the Allies in early May 1945, bringing World War II in Europe to a close. The emotional and physical toll of six years of brutal warfare weighed on their meeting in...
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World War II in Europe ended 75 years ago this week — here's what it was like...
World War II in Europe ended 75 years ago this week, when Nazi commanders signed an unconditional surrender.The news was celebrated around the world — here are some accounts of the events recorded by...
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75 years after the final battles of WWII in Europe, the search for the...
Seventy-five years after the Soviet army marched through eastern Germany toward Berlin, residents are still searching for the remains of the troops who fought those final battles.Volunteers seek to...
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79 years ago, Hitler picked a fight that may have cost him World War II
In the early-morning hours of June 22, 1941, the largest invasion in the history of warfare kicked off with millions of Axis troops crossing the border into the Soviet Union.Operation Barbarossa, as it...
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76 years ago, the first jet fighter changed aerial combat forever, but it...
In summer 1944, the Nazis debuted one of the many advanced weapons they devised during World War II: the Messerschmitt Me 262.The Me 262 was the first operational fighter jet in history, and while it...
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Why the Germans let thousands of British troops slip away at Dunkirk
In summer 1940, thousands of British troops and other Allied fighters slipped away from the Germans sweeping across France.The evacuation wasn't successful just because of British determination. A...
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2 years before D-Day, the Allies tried to invade Nazi-occupied Europe — they...
In August 1942, Allied forces launched a raid on a Nazi-occupied port in France to see if such an invasion was possible on a larger scale.The raid on Dieppe was a failure, costing the Allies hundreds...
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These improvised Navy ships were like Venus fly traps for Nazi submarines
The US Navy and Coast Guard scoured the Atlantic for any German submarine they could find in order to protect merchant shipping during World War II.But submarines are hard to sneak up on, and US...
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The story of the Nazi 'wonder weapon' that the Allies couldn't stop and...
As the tide turned against Germany during World War II, the Nazis invested more in "wonder weapons," like the V-2 missile.Those weapons weren't enough to save the Nazis, but they had a profound impact...
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The secret WWII mission that had US bombers flying at treetop height deep...
Summary List PlacementThe B-24 Liberator was the most produced US aircraft of World War II and vital to the Allied victory. Designed for high-altitude precision bombing, the B-24s of the US Army's...
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The Kubelwagen was Nazi Germany's answer to the Jeep, and it earned the...
Summary List PlacementPrior to World War II, the rising chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler, announced plans to make Germany into a motorized nation. This led to the adoption of the Volkswagen...
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Rare video takes you into a 'scallywag bunker' that was Britain's last line...
Summary List PlacementEighty years ago, as Nazi Germany's military might amassed along the French coast, small groups of highly trained British killers bade farewell to their families and made their...
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How a daring raid by Norwegian commandos kept the Nazis from building a...
Summary List PlacementAt 8:00 p.m. on February 27, 1943, nine Norwegian commandos trained by the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) left their hideout in the Norwegian wilderness and skied...
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The true story, and tragic ending, of 76 Allied prisoners' 'Great Escape'...
Summary List PlacementJust after 5:00 a.m. on March 25, 1944, a German soldier patrolling around the Stalag Luft III prisoner-of-war camp in Żagań, Poland, noticed slushy tracks in the snow outside the...
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The surprising ways 3 women secretly fought the Nazis in Poland
Summary List PlacementAfter German dictator Adolf Hitler invaded Poland in September 1939, Nazis began segregating millions of Jews in Eastern Europe into sections of towns and cities designated...
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Why an audacious British plan to hunt German U-boats from aircraft carriers...
Summary List PlacementIn early 1942, Britain was in a desperate situation.The Royal Air Force had fought off Germany's relentless onslaught in the Battle of Britain and much of the German army was...
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The hunt for Germany's largest warship proved that U-boats were the Nazis'...
Summary List PlacementOn the night of May 18, 1941, the German heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen steamed out of its base at Gotenhafen (now Gdynia, Poland), followed five hours later by the Kriegsmarine's...
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Why the Allies and the Nazis learned opposite lessons from the first major...
Summary List PlacementEarly on May 20, 1941, thousands of German paratroopers, known as Fallschirmjägers, in hundreds of transport planes and gliders were preparing to assault the Greek island of...
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