In the late 1920s, Desire Joseph Deschamps moved forward with his vision of an inverted, two-stroke, high-speed, diesel aircraft engine. Deschamps had immigrated…
Over the centuries, numerous vessels have been found floating on the high seas without a crew — here are some of the most…
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At the end of World War II, the U.S. opened camps of its own, where perhaps a million German prisoners died in secret.…
Born in Shanghai just before the war, Judy the dog was adopted by British sailors and protected them across Indonesia — where she…
Captain Lewis Nixon III fought with the 101st Airborne Division's Easy Company alongside Major Dick Winters in historic clashes like D-Day and the…
Major Richard "Dick" Winters led his men in the 101st Airborne Division through the Normandy Invasion and the Battle of the Bulge before…
The Battle of Okinawa lasted from April 1 to June 22, 1945 and was the final and possibly bloodiest battle of World War…
The near seventy-year history of the Soviet Union is one dominated by its tradition of foreign military interventions that spanned most of its…