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Why Did German WW2 Fighter Planes Have Spirals On The Nose?
The spirals on the noses of German fighter planes in World War II weren't a fashion statement. They had some very practical ...
Why Were German WW2 Planes Painted Yellow?
You might expect a warplane to be pained in drab, neutral colors that fade into the background. But that's not what Germany ...
These Secret WWII Missions Sound Like Hollywood Scripts, But They’re Real
Fighting a global war can force every side involved to get creative in gaining an advantage over its adversaries. This ...
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Mitsubishi K-1 and Ki-2: Japan’s Not-So-Successful WWII Copycat Bombers
However, before the Hamaki, Mitsubishi built a couple of other twin-engine bombers that were a brief proverbial “flash in the ...
Free-to-play MMO Enlisted brings jet fighters to its giant WW2 battles
The latest Enlisted update debuts some of the earliest jet planes, adds several new World War 2 weapons, and reworks a ...
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A Black, all-female WWII unit got a congressional medal 80 years after making history
The Six Triple Eight sorted millions of pieces of wartime mail in a matter of months but weren't recognized publicly for ...
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The only female unit to serve overseas in WWII gets a congressional medal 80 years on
The Six Triple Eight sorted millions of pieces of wartime mail in a matter of months but weren't recognized publicly for ...
Zelensky rejects Putin’s WWII May 8 anniversary ceasefire: ‘We value human lives, not parades’
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of a three-day unilateral ceasefire around Moscow’s celebration of victory in ...
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Carrots Can’t Help You See in the Dark. Here’s How a World War II Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth
To make it more difficult for enemy planes to hit their targets, the British government issued citywide blackouts. The Royal Air Force (RAF) also repelled the German fighters with the aid of a new ...