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Shot down over occupied Europe, an American pilot survived capture, interrogation, and months behind barbed wire. As the ...

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Between 1942 and 1945, nearly 8,000 American warplanes traveled through Alaska on their way to the Soviet Union as part of a critical supply line that helped defeat Nazi Germany on the Eastern Front.

The Millennium Falcon is an iconic ship with a cockpit that many will recognize. But that cockpit was actually inspired by a certain World War II bomber.

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Japan-China tensions have surged after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s remarks on Taiwan and new Chinese accusations over a military base on Mageshima Island. The dispute deepened as Tokyo accused ...

World War II was fought on land, sea, and air, but it was the small arms carried by millions of soldiers that shaped the ...