Five Ill-Conceived Weapons From World War II
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On the Run – How One Group of Escaped POWs Survived in Nazi-Occupied Italy
A German soldier examines the travel documents of an Italian civilian. Escaped Allied POWs often had pass themselves off as locals to avoid detection...
Read MoreAbove the Reich – Meet Five American Fliers Who Helped Win the War Over Europe
B-17s leave spiral contrails as they fly high above the Third Reich. (Image source: WikiMedia Commons)“Cold hard statistics mask the human side of..
Read MoreWhat Were Wild West Saloons Really Like
Wild West saloons have been portrayed in popular culture as dens of vice and violence. Located throughout the American frontier, Western saloons were ..
Read MoreFlight of the 34th – Inside One WW2 Bomber Squadron’s Trailblazing Voyage from the U.S. to North Africa
B-26s of the U.S. Army Air Corps’ 34th Bomb Squadron carried out a harrowing flight across the South Atlantic to reach North Africa in the aftermath..
Read MoreLessons from History: The Chicago Fire of 1871
Listen as Casey Grant from the National Fire Protection Association and best-selling author Lauren Tarshsis of the ‘I Survived’ book series talk..
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