Nose Art: A Brief History Of The Personalized Painted Planes Of WW2
From Looney Toons characters to shark teeth to pinup models, nose art on aircraft has a storied history in air forces around ...
Looted Leather and WWII Tires: How Doc Martens Came to Be
In 1945, while recovering from an ankle injury he got while skiing in Bavaria, Doctor Maertens discovered that a new use for ...
PBS1d
Russia appears to have time on its side nearly 3 years after it invaded Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine three years ago has turned into Europe’s largest conflict since World ...
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Retired US Army EOD colonel commanded lifesaving task force during IED fight in Iraq
A retired U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal colonel dedicated his three-decade career to eradicating explosive threats to ...
Military.com1d
Russia Seems to Have Time on Its Side as the War in Ukraine Reaches Its Third Year
Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine three years ago has turned into Europe’s largest conflict since World ...
As the Ukraine war reaches its 3-year mark, Russia seems to have time on its side as talks start
Putin invaded on Feb. 24, 2022, after demanding that NATO abandon membership for Ukraine and pull back the alliance’s troops ...
As Ukraine war reaches 3-year mark, Russia seems to have time on its side
Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine three years ago has turned into Europe’s largest conflict since World War II ...
Smithsonian Magazine8d
The Talented and Valiant Female Surgeon Who Joined Allied Forces in WWII and Broke Barriers Along the Way
Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...
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 ...
USA Today10d
It looked like a normal children's playground. But buried underneath? 175 WWII bombs
For years, scores of unexploded practice bombs dating to World War II lay buried beneath the feet of playing ... The first two bombs found were removed by the British Army, the British Ministry of ...
CERN14d
A short history of the Web
Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated ...