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Explore the most notorious weapons of WWII and discover how they worked, from buzzsaw machine guns and game-changing bombs to ...
They were Japanese American soldiers, part of a storied military unit that faced down prejudice and suspicion to fight Adolf ...
As part of the Army's 3rd Infantry Division of the 7th Infantry Regiment, on May 4, 1945, Ralph "Cork" Bowers, of Stockertown, Northampton County, was one of the first troops inside the Nazi lair, ...
The commander of the New York Army National Guard’s 42nd Infantry Division, Maj. Gen. Jack James, joined with surviving U.S.
Army veteran Harry Miller was stationed in Germany when the Nazis surrendered. Upon hearing the news, he recalls that ...
Terry W. Hamby, chairman of the WWI Centennial Commission, dedicated a memorial to World War I, intoning: “The doughboys we ...
The U.S. Army is pausing helicopter training flights around the Pentagon pending a review into two passenger airline flights ...
To mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day, volunteers in Strathblane have been unearthing the stories of local Second World War dead. These turn out ...
Female bonobos find strength in numbers, teaming up to fend off males in the wild, a new study finds. Along with chimpanzees, bonobos are among humans’ closest relatives. Scientists have long ...
The average size of trenches soldiers in WWI would dig was 5.5 feet wide by 3.5 feet deep and took about five hours to dig. The lessons meant more when students apply their books to the labor they ...
His organisation aims to identify every unmarked WWI digger grave. It was instrumental in helping Ms Jameson commemorate Orange's 107 soldier burials through research and fundraising support.
Members of the Rejected Volunteers Association provided vital support to returned soldiers in World War I. Charters Towers historian Michael Brumby has been researching their contributions.