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World War II explosive defused near Kaiserslautern train station, causing delays
Ordnance disposal experts defused a World War II explosive found near the tracks at Kaiserslautern’s main train station ...
Blue Springs police investigate after World War II-era grenade found in vehicle
The Blue Springs Police Department has cleared the scene after investigating a hand grenade found in a vehicle.Police ...
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The oldest Medal of Honor recipient has died nearly 75 years after jumping on a grenade to save his fellow soldiers
By Jared Keller Posted on May 14, 2019 Former World War II-era Army communications technician ... but selflessly sacrificed himself by jumping on a German grenade to protect his fellow squad ...
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Thousands Of World War II-Era Weapons Found Buried Underneath An Elementary School In Tokyo
About 1,400 firearms and 1,200 swords were discovered buried underneath an elementary school in Tokyo, Japan. Authorities ...
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The Army's Secret Program to Interrogate German POWs During World War II
After the policy forbidding German Jews from serving in the U.S. military was changed during World War II, Pins joined the Army and was going through basic training, believing he would be sent ...
More than 170 World War II-era bombs found under U.K. playground
The unexploded ordnance, discovered during a site renovation, were described as “practice bombs” that still carry a charge ...
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Understanding World War II through the eyes of German soldiers
Professor Sönke Neitzel used secret transcripts of German prisoners of war to create a unique portrait of the mindset of soldiers during WWII. For many decades after the end of World War II (WWII), a ...
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German mining of landing craft in World War II claims local soldiers
As part of World War II’s strategy to liberate Italy from the Nazis, the Allies sent an invasion force of 36,000 troops with naval and air support to land behind German lines at Anzio and to cut ...