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For the first time, the names of 425,000 individuals who collaborated with the Germans during the occupation of the Netherlands in World War II have been made available online. The names were ...

Before being sent to Europe to fly bombing missions over Europe, Jimmy Stewart was given a touching letter from his father.

The largest and most advanced aircraft carrier in existence, the USS Gerald R Ford (CVN-78) is what the newest generation of warships looks like. With an overall cost of more than $17 billion – $4.7 ...

Zone Rouge – or the “Red Zone” – is a chain of former battlefields across northeastern France that the government has cordoned off due to the many dangerous ordnance that remains from the First World ...

The Japanese Instrument of Surrender was signed aboard the USS Missouri (BB-63). The reason for choosing the ship is simpler than some think.

In February 1988, an interaction between US and Soviet Navy vessels resulted in the tension-fueled Black Sea Bumping Incident.

Many consider the Maxim to be the world’s first machine gun – and they’re technically not wrong. Developed in 1884, it was the first automatic machine gun, but there were rudimentary models developed ...

For centuries, militaries tried to harness the ability to command fire. There were various methods used, but the flammenwerfer models developed by the German Army prior to World War I were the ...

Dwight D. Eisenhower viewed firsthand the crimes that were committed by the Germans at concentration camps when he visited the newly-liberated Ohrdruf during the Second World War. The sights were so ...

If there’s one thing World War I is known for, it’s the use of trenches as a means of protection and strategy. They could be seen for hundreds of miles along the Western Front, employed by soldiers ...

The United States was in a strange position following the end of the Second World War. Not only was this an era that saw rapid advancements in the development of weapons of war, but the country also ...