Over the course of three years during World War II, the United States developed a new form of warfare: the atomic bomb. It was developed through a massive secret project explored in the recent box office hit Oppenheimer. After testing the first bomb at Los Alamos on July 16, 1945, the US military immediately began […]
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Desperate times called for desperate measures for Japan at the end of 1944. The Americans were sweeping through the Pacific, winning battle after battle. They were destroying Japanese warships in the process. Japan’s air commanders proposed that the pilots turn their planes into bombs. The objective was to crash into American warships and aircraft carriers
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At the age of 18, Hildegard Trutz had everything going for her. She was young, smart and beautiful. More importantly, she was the right kind of beautiful for 1936 Germany. She was blond, with blue eyes and wide hips suited to giving birth. But before her 18th birthday, Hildegard had been making waves in her
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These weren’t your everyday German Shepherds. These dogs were actual “soldiers” for the Soviet Union and played a role in the nation’s comeback victory over the Germans in World War II. Anti-tank dogs were first trained in 1930 to carry out missions for the Soviets’ Red Army. Over 16 years, they were used for various
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August 6, 1945, marked a cataclysmic turning point in human history. The city of Hiroshima, Japan, became the epicenter of one of the most devastating events of the 20th century when the United States dropped the first atomic bomb. Amidst the widespread destruction and unimaginable human suffering, the shadows left behind by the victims etched
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While the US might enjoy unparalleled military domination today, in 1941, this was not the case. In the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States knew it would have a brutal fight ahead of it, and it was right. Over the next four years, the United States faced a foe that was
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MK Ultra was a 2022 film starring Anson Mount and Jason Patric. In the movie, a psychiatrist by the name of Ford Strauss is sent to a Mississippi mental institution. There, he becomes involved in a CIA experiment and conspiracy to test psychedelic drugs and other mind-controlling substances on his patients. While many aspects of
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Within the cockpit of her Yakovlev Yak-1, it’s possible that most of Lydia Litvyak’s enemies had little idea that it was a woman that would be their downfall. In a men-dominated field, Lydia Litvyak was as deadly a fighter pilot as any. Her career was short but bright, and even after her death, she would
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It was April 1945 and World War II was winding down. Germany officially surrendered on May 7, 1954, and the next day was declared V-E Day or Victory in Europe Day. While patrolling certain parts of Germany, American troops chanced upon top-secret Nazi documents. The documents were brought to the Marburg Castle in Hesse, Germany,
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In all of military history, there has never been another figure quite like the audacious and eccentric Mad Jack Churchill. He was a British Commando of World War II acclaim, whose extraordinary exploits have been recounted many times. He was known for charging into battle armed with a longbow, bagpipes blaring, and his resolve never wavering.
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