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Last Battle of the Bismarck: How Britain’s Navy Took Down Germany’s Mightiest Battleship
In May 1941, the German battleship Bismarck proved formidable, sinking HMS Hood and damaging Prince of Wales while evading ...
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Ranked: 5 Best Aircraft Carriers of World War II
The top five WWII aircraft carriers—chosen for their strategic impact and bravery—include the iconic USS Enterprise (CV-6) ...
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Understanding World War II through the eyes of German soldiers
For many decades after the end of World War II (WWII), a broad popular narrative—reinforced through thousands of films and books—cast the German military as unthinking tools of Nazi ideology. Only in ...
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WWII Factions The German Army
Faction: The German Army WWII In 1935, Hitler, Fuhrer of Nazi Germany violated the Treaty of Versailles by rebuilding the ...
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King George VI’s Service in the Great War Majorly Influenced His Actions During World War II
Toward the end of World War I, King George VI served with the Royal Naval Air Service. He was appointed Officer in Charge of ...
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German Imperial Navy Dagger from WWII
It was handed to Major John Clement, officer in charge of a party from Force 135, sent on 17th May 1945 to remove the German garrison of 270 men on Sark. The Occupation had begun on 3rd July 1940.
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What do we know about unexploded WW2 bombs?
The raids were named after the Baedeker guidebook used by the German military to select historic ... Germans commonly using electrical fuses in WW2 that stopped functioning when the battery ...
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Navy divers destroy WW2 bomb found in 17th Century warship
Royal Navy An eight-strong Royal Navy team performed 20 dives and spent more than six hours underwater to move the bomb The German parachute ground mine was one of the biggest bombs used by the ...