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Germany’s Last Ditch Units of 1945

In the final months of World War II, Germany fielded desperate formations in a last attempt to slow the Allied advance. This ...
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The Last Death of World War 2

World War II officially ended in 1945, but even in its final hours, lives were still being lost. This video tells the story ...
John Frank Rozar, a graduate of Colorado Springs High School (now Palmer High School) who went on to join the Navy, was one of more than 2,400 American service members killed in the Dec. 7, 1941, ...
East County's John Skeen, who died Oct. 21 at 107, had the bronze star, the purple heart, and he had been knighted into ...
Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi says he is “deeply concerned” about U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement that he plans ...
Robert H. Jackson, an American Supreme Court justice who thought of himself as "anything but a warrior," was drafted by FDR ...
A book released over the summer, “From Farm Fields to Battlefields” by Dr. Kenneth Hyde, gives a detailed look at 1940s wartime.
The 'spy’ (or, more correctly, reconnaissance) aircraft must survive enemy fighters and anti-aircraft weapons, often relying on little more than speed, altitude or guile. Here are ten spy planes of ...
From the lantern shortage of 1943 to the recruitment of women codebreakers from the Seven Sisters, learn how World War II ...
As historian Lloyd E. Eastman wrote, China resisted a better-trained and better-equipped army for eight full years. France held out for only six weeks. The UK survived with US supplies. China's stand, ...
Jeremy has more than 2100 published articles on Collider to his name, and has been writing for the site since February 2022. He's an omnivore when it comes to his movie-watching diet, so will gladly ...
On October 24, 1945, the United Nations came into existence — a global commitment to prevent another world war and promote ...