World War II(Page 5)

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This weapon killed more of its builders than its targets
Tactical

This weapon killed more of its builders than its targets

By Miguel Ortiz

Today in military history: Battle of Britain begins
History

Today in military history: Battle of Britain begins

By Team Mighty

uss pennsylvania
Tactical

This battleship was one of the first and last ships hit in World War II

By Logan Nye

ramages rampage
History

Ramage’s Rampage: When a sub killed 5 ships in 40 minutes

By Logan Nye

donitz u-boat
History

Hitler’s greatest mistake might’ve been a U-boat purchase refusal

By Logan Nye

japanese surrender
History

Why the US made Japan surrender on the deck of a massive battleship

By Team Mighty

ghost army
History

How the ‘Ghost Army’ tricked the enemy with theater tricks during WWII

By Bethaney Phillips

The time Japanese submarines attacked California and Oregon during WWII
Tactical

The time Japanese submarines attacked California and Oregon during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

why did germany invade the soviet union
History

Today in military history: Germany’s failed march on Soviet Union

By Team Mighty

soviet partisans
History

4 Soviet partisans who wreaked havoc on the Nazi war machine

By Team Mighty

battle of Surigao Strait
History

The night Pearl Harbor survivors got revenge

By Logan Nye

berlin airlift
History

Today in military history: Berlin Airlift begins

By Team Mighty

navy ace during flight training
History

This Navy ace shot down both German and Japanese planes during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

uss tinian
Tactical

This aircraft carrier was never commissioned and never served on active duty

By Miguel Ortiz

Black Americans volunteered to fight Axis Italy in droves before the US entered WWII
History

Black Americans volunteered to fight Axis Italy in droves before the US entered WWII

By Team Mighty

Luftwaffe pilot plane
History

Today in military history: Luftwaffe pilot mistakenly lands in England

By Team Mighty

nazi occupation
History

These are the only Brits who endured Nazi occupation

By Logan Nye

wwii nuns
History

The nuns who escaped the Japanese by submarine during WWII

By Terry Lloyd

guinit helmet
History

Filipino soldiers wore helmets made from coconuts during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

wwii torpedo
History

This was the most successful torpedo attack of World War II

By Logan Nye

convenanter
Tactical

The Covenanter was Britain’s worst tank

By Logan Nye

battleship
Tactical

How a WWII cruiser became ‘The Longest Ship in the World’

By Miguel Ortiz

National Museum of the Pacific War
Feature

Why the National Museum of the Pacific War is in Texas

By Miguel Ortiz

cavalry
History

The last horse charge of American cavalry was in World War II

By Logan Nye

blitzkrieg
History

Beyond the Blitzkrieg

By Jessica Evans

tear down berlin wall
History

Today in military history: Reagan challenges Gorbachev to tear down Berlin Wall

By Team Mighty

uss indianapolis
History

A sixth grade history project exonerated the captain of the USS Indianapolis

By Blake Stilwell

The reason why some beer bottles are green dates back to World War II
History

The reason why some beer bottles are green dates back to World War II

By Team Mighty

How an airman shot down a Japanese fighter from the cockpit over the Himalayas
History

How an airman shot down a Japanese fighter from the cockpit over the Himalayas

By Team Mighty

7 crazy facts you didn’t know about D-Day
History

7 crazy facts you didn’t know about D-Day

By Emma Liem

How 150 British Paratroopers seized a fortified artillery battery on D-Day
History

How 150 British Paratroopers seized a fortified artillery battery on D-Day

By James Elphick

coast guard on the english channel
History

This Coastie crossed the English Channel 10 times on D-Day

By Blake Stilwell

italy mussolini
History

Today in military history: Italy declares war on Britain and France

By Team Mighty

battle of chosin reservoir
History

A guide to the Battle of Chosin Reservoir

By Jessica Evans

d-day
History

Why D-Day changed the course of WWII

By Jessica Evans

weather normandy france
History

D-Day: The weather forecast that liberated a continent

By Terry Lloyd

tibbets
History

Why the pilot who dropped the bomb on Hiroshima doesn’t have a grave

By Blake Stilwell

sunken warships
History

These important tools are made from sunken warships

By Logan Nye

model 299 aircraft
History

This clever advertising doomed thousands of aviators

By Logan Nye

tokyo rose
History

‘Tokyo Rose’ claimed she was trying to undermine Japanese propaganda in World War II

By Team Mighty

battle of midway
History

Today in military history: Battle of Midway ends

By Team Mighty

midway
History

Meet the United States Navy officer who saved Midway

By Harold C. Hutchison

d-day
History

Today in military history: D-Day Allies land in Normandy

By Team Mighty

patton
History

This is how Patton smashed his way out of Normandy

By James Elphick

Battle of Midway
History

Today in military history: Battle of Midway begins

By Team Mighty

military history
History

The 5 most demoralizing tactics used in recent military history

By Team Mighty

artillery strike
History

That time a soldier saved the day by calling an artillery strike on himself

By James Elphick

russian tank
History

Russian tank crews have a history of using this insane tank battle tactic

By Team Mighty

Special Operations Executive
History

Sabotage and subversion: How secret agents helped win WWII

By Mandy Baker

convoy pq-17
History

The German convoy attack that helped lead to the Cold War

By Logan Nye

miles city army air corps b-17
History

Why the Air Force bombed Montana during World War II

By Team Mighty

Bicycle history
History

Japan’s secret WWII weapon you played with as a kid

By Logan Nye

hms thunderbolt
History

The HMS Thunderbolt was lost with almost all hands, twice

By Logan Nye

Il-2M at MAKS air show
History

This Soviet-made aircraft was the biggest challenge for Nazi fighter pilots

By Team Mighty

ferdinand assassination
History

This is why everything about history’s most infamous assassination was dumb

By Eric Milzarski

saipan
History

This small island in the Pacific changed the course of WWII

By Bethaney Phillips

royal navy bismark
History

Today in military history: Royal Navy takes down the Bismarck to avenge their flagship

By Team Mighty

battle at kiska and attu
History

This forgotten WWII battle shows even a lucky break can be costly

By Harold C. Hutchison

royal fleet warship
History

Today in military history: Germany sinks the flagship of the Royal Fleet

By Team Mighty

currahee mountain
History

How you can run up the famed Currahee Mountain from ‘Band of Brothers’

By Miguel Ortiz

navy fighter
History

The Navy had hybrid fighter jets during WWII

By Miguel Ortiz

earthquake
History

A British mad scientist developed a way to trigger earthquakes in World War II

By Logan Nye

red army
History

This is the story behind the Red Army’s most iconic WWII photo

By Blake Stilwell

female test pilot
History

Nazi Germany’s greatest test pilot was a Jewish woman

By Logan Nye