American liberators of Nazi camps got ‘a lifelong vaccine against extremism’ − their wartime experiences are a warning for today
A historian of the Mauthausen concentration camp says US troops and the Spanish antifascists they freed were united in a ...
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WWII Aussie bomber shot down by Nazis found in Greek waters after 82 years
Baltimore bomber aircraft, which was lost while on an operational mission during the Second World War, has been discovered ...
The National Interest2d
The U.S. Air Force’s Convair B-36 Peacemaker Was a Monster
The most unique feature of the B-36 was its unusual hybrid propulsion system, combining both propeller and jet engines.
The National Interest2d
Messerschmitt Me 262: How the Nazis Built the World’s First Jet Fighter
The jet boasted a top speed of approximately 540 miles per hour, far surpassing the fastest Allied piston-engine fighters.
Military Times3d
How the Coast Guard sank a German U-boat off the North Carolina coast
Under the command of Lt. Cmdr. Maurice Jester, the cutter Icarus sank a German submarine in less than an hour.
The Forward3d
From an Italian Holocaust survivor, a Kafkaesque nightmare of imprisonment under fascism
Set in the Lanciano internment camp, Maria Eisenstein's 1944 memoir 'Internee Number 6' is a testament to the power of ...