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Why Were Germany’s Blitzkrieg Tactics So Effective in WWII?
French historian Marc Bloch witnessed the swift invasion of France by the Wehrmacht. He noted the Germans’ “embarrassing ...
Middlesbrough veteran awarded French medal for WW2 role
A Middlesbrough veteran who ‘told a little fib’ to get into the army when he was just 16 has been honoured with France’s highest medal for ...
World War II: Women spies who tricked Nazis
II, and were the only ones allowed to take on a combatant role by the British Army. However, many of them have been forgotten ...
The Herald3d
Forgotten heroes: How African soldiers fought in World War II
When World War II started, Africa was (save for certain exceptions) a tapestry of colonies. A third of the continent’s ...
‘Apparently you despise her’: French official demands US give back Statue of Liberty after 140 years
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the politician should be grateful French citizens aren’t ‘speaking German’ ...
TheCollector on MSN5d
The Liberation of Rome in WWII: Here’s What Happened
In September 1943, the Western Allies—the US, Britain, and Canada—invaded fascist Italy, which was allied with Nazi Germany ...
HuffPost3d
‘Shocking, Insulting’: Karoline Leavitt’s France Remark Stuns Critics
WW II would've been won by the allies even without US military ... for WW2 has got to be the most disrespectful and bullshit. 20-25 million people from nations all over the world died fighting against ...
Ukraine war leads France to restore gunpowder production
Automated systems splutter as raw materials are fed into the machines to begin the process of creating highly-explosive ...
Mediapart5d
Algerian war of independence: when the French army generalised the use of torture
F rench French rule over Algeria began in 1830 and would end in 1962 after seven years of a ferocious conflict between the pro-independence FLN (National Liberation Front) and the French military ...