It would be inaccurate to label it as the best. It was good. The best? Hardly. What you cannot deny, is that the T-34 of all variants- and this actually isn’t a jab meant …
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Tank Clash – The German Panther vs. the Soviet T-34-85
WHEN THE PANTHER TANK first appeared on the battlefields of the Eastern Front, the Soviets did not have an effective weapon to counter it. They had a new medium tank in …
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How powerful were German railway guns?
The most famous—even infamous—examples of large artillery pieces mounted on railway cars occurred during the Second World War, when Germany employed these gigantic weapons in the sieges of Leningrad and Sevastopol. During …
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How One Girl’s “5-Cent” Hairpin Trick Fixed the US Army’s Worst Radio Flaw — Saved 3 Battalions
December 8th, 1944. Somewhere in the frozen Arden forest of Belgium, Captain Robert Chen pressed his headset against his ear and heard nothing but the maddening crackle of static. Behind …
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The Lost Church Bells of World War II
For centuries, the joyful pealing of church bells was the heartbeat of European life. The bells marked holidays, called parishioners to worship, and rang at times of celebration. But during …
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Why German Generals Feared Patton More Than Any Allied Commander…
In the spring of 1944, German intelligence officers in Berlin gathered around a conference table covered with photographs, intercepted communications, and reconnaissance reports. They weren’t tracking Allied troop movements or …
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The forgotten era of the Airships in rare photographs, 1900s-1940s
The history of airships begins, like the history of hot air balloons, in France. After the invention of the hot air balloon in 1783, a French officer named Meusnier envisioned …
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How American Marines Outsmarted Japanese Snipers Hidden In Pacific Jungles…
August 9th, 1942. The jungle canopy near the Lunga River, Guadal Canal. Private First Class James Henderson had been walking point for exactly 4 minutes when the back of Corporal …
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CH2 German Submariners Were Astonished When Hedgehog Mortars Sank 270 U-Boats in 18 Months – The Key To This Is…
German Submariners Were Astonished When Hedgehog Mortars Sank 270 U-Boats in 18 Months – The Key To This Is… The morning of June 4th, 1944, was ordinary in the …
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How Tens Of Thousands Of Soldiers Died In The Bloody Battle Of Iwo Jima
One American general called the Battle of Iwo Jima “the most savage and the most costly battle in the history of the Marine Corps.” How Tens Of Thousands Of Soldiers …
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