Tag: Education
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The Battle of Okinawa: The Final Major Battle of World War II
The Battle of Okinawa was the final major battle of World War II and dubbed “the Typhoon of Steel”, was one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific war. On…
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World War II: 5 Reasons Operation Market Garden Failed
Operation Market Garden was a military operation in World War II that was ultimately unsuccessful in achieving its objective. The mission was to create a bulge of territory within the…
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Battle of the Heligoland Bight: The First Air Battle of WWII
The battle of the Heligoland Bight was the first named air battle to take place during World War II. The battle took place on the 18th of December 1939 and…
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The Battle of Anzio: The Allied Invasion That Almost Failed
The battle of Anzio took place between the 22nd of January – 5th of June 1944 on the coast of Italy just South of Rome. This battle took place as…
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The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: The Call to Resistance
The Warsaw ghetto uprising was a brutal revolt in World War II that took place from April 19th until May 16th, 1943. In opposition to the deportation of the remaining…
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The Battles of El-Alamein: North African Campaign in WWII
150 miles to the West of Cairo was El-Alamein – a location where two significant battles took place which had marked the start of the end of Axis presence in…
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Who Were the Tuskegee Airmen?
The first African American military aviators were known as the Tuskegee Airmen. These pioneers of military served in the U.S. Army Air Corps (known as the AAC), which was the…
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The Battle of Stalingrad: A Turning Point in WWII
The Battle of Stalingrad was a brutal military campaign fought between the Soviet Union and the Axis powers led by Nazi Germany that began on the 23rd August 1942, and…
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The Allied Weapons of World War II
In contrast to World War I which was characterized by trench warfare and artillery barrages that lead very frequently to friendly casualties, World War II was characterized by significant advances…
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The Blitz: The Bombing of Britain in WWII
The Blitz was an intense bombing campaign carried out by Nazi Germany against the United Kingdom during World War II. On September 7th, 1940, 300 German bombers attacked London, on…