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The Kaiten torpedo was developed in Japan during World War II to sink Allied ships. It was a formidable weapon but suffered ...
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Why Italy Switched Sides in World War II

In World War II, Italy initially fought alongside Germany as part of the Axis Powers, but by 1943 the alliance had soured.
NATO chief Mark Rutte is pushing the Allies to swiftly build up their jet fighters and missiles to avert an all-out war with ...
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Kyiv and Moscow will both have to cede land to end the war in Ukraine and ...
A year after his wife died, Antonio Marquez finally did something he swore he would never do without her. In June, he was ...
Ceremonies were held on Saturday to honor the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.
During World War II, the Germans used an encryption device called the Enigma, which Polish and English mathematicians worked ...
Around 80 years after the war, Germany remains littered with unexploded bombs, often uncovered during construction work.
World War II, the world's deadliest international conflict, left almost 80 million people dead. Here's what started it and why it ended in 1945.
Owners of the new World War II-themed Bombshells American Cantina in Buffalo say it will feel like a vintage officers club ...
By the end of World War II, writes Gillespie on his website, the U.S. Army owned 202 unit cars, 80 ward cars, 38 ward dressing cars and 60 kitchen cars—380 cars in total.