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WWII’s Strangest Battle: The Battle of Itter Castle
In one of the most bizarre battles of World War II, U.S. soldiers, Wehrmacht troops, and an unlikely group of French VIP ...
Why a U.S. Navy captain ordered a military funeral for a kamikaze pilot during WWII's Battle of Okinawa
According to the National WWII Museum, suicide plane attacks began at Okinawa on ... a commander will naturally tend to ...
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Okinawa construction unearths more US shells 80 years after WWII battle
The third shell was found Feb. 8 and removed March 25 from a site near an elementary school in the Ozato district of Nanjo ...
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80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs
looking to turn up the remains of people who hid in caves like this one during the World War II Battle of Okinawa. This is the life’s work of the bone digger, Takamatsu Gushiken. He spends much ...
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Unexploded ordnance still haunts Okinawa 80 years after WWII battle
Despite decades of clearance efforts, roughly 1,900 metric tons of deadly remnants are estimated to remain buried beneath the ...
Row over Russian envoy overshadows German WW2 commemoration
The German government on Wednesday warned against Russian efforts to "instrumentalise" events marking the 80th anniversary of ...
‘I’m not a hero’: A world away from battle, WWII veteran turns 100
He was barely out of his teens when he fought the Japanese in Borneo in World War II, but Max Caldwell is not one to talk up ...
‘Greatest ever’ World War II film reduces fans to tears on Disney Plus
The "greatest ever" war film has been added to Disney Plus, with those who watch it being left feeling emotional. Nearly ...
WWII vet asked for 100 cards before his 100th birthday — and the response was incredible
A World War II vet wanted 100 cards before he became a centenarian on Friday — and ended up receiving close to 2,000 cards ...
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‘80 and still free’ exhibit puts World War II battle scenes in present-day Baguio
The exhibit will bring together composite photographs that juxtapose scenes from World War II with their present-day counterparts in Baguio ...
100-year-old WWII veteran travels from Bristol to Iwo Jima
Dignitaries from the federal government, military officials, and families of those killed in the World War II battle of Iwo Jima traveled to Japan to mark 80 years since the U.S. wrestled control ...