World War II officially ended on 2 September 1945, leaving behind a trail of destruction that forever marked humanity. we look back at some of the most noteworthy facts that marked this historical ...

The British government claimed that eating carrots helped its fighter pilots shoot down German planes at night. In truth, the ...

During World War II, the U.S. shipped about a quarter of its eggs to Allied nations in powdered form — but they were far from ...

and yet most people know much less about it than they do about World War II. Today we take a look at surprising facts about WWI. These include some common misconceptions as well as things everyone ...

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The largest war in history was also, unsurprisingly ... when he crashes and dies while attempting a carrier landing. The World War II flying movies made closer to the end of the war were better.

so much so that escaping death did not dissuade him from returning to one of the military's most dangerous jobs during World War II. Raley would later serve in the Korean and Vietnam wars and ...

World War II witnessed tremendous growth in the size of American military aviation, from about 2,500 airplanes to nearly 300,000 by the war’s end. The Museum’s collection of 30 World War II-era ...