Tag: WWII
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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…
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The Unsung Heroes of WWII
There are countless stories of heroes in World War II that have not made it to the mainstream media despite worth it telling them is. Here are some of the…
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The Kindertransport: Rescuing the Children of WWII
The eve of the 9th of November 1938 in Germany represents one of the darkest events in history, Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass), as it would come to be…
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The Female Heroes of World War II
The scope of World War II as a historical event of mountainous magnitude is one that produced a myriad of heroes across many nationalities and journeys from both military and…
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The Battle of Dunkirk: Operation Dynamo
The Battle of Dunkirk, also referred to as the Dunkirk Evacuation, was a major military campaign that took place during World War II between the Allies and Nazi Germany. From…