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World War II What-If: The U.S. Had Other Horrifying Plans For Japan in 1945

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Most. Terrible. War. Ever: Russia's Fight Against Nazi Germany Was a Slaughter

Why Do Flags (Like the Confederate Flag) Matter? Japan Offers an Answer

How Newspapers Turned the British Defeat at Dunkirk Into a Miracle

Picture of the only survivor of six Torpedo Squadron Eight (VT-8) Grumman TBF "Avengers" that had attacked the Japanese carrier force in the morning of 4 June 1942.

Your History Book Has It Wrong: This Battle Won World War II—Not D-Day

Meet the 5 Best Battleships and Aircraft Carriers in History

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Will Russian Soldiers Freeze to Death in Ukraine?

History Cannot Forget the Tragedy of the HMS Vanguard

These Are History's Five Worst Wars

How the U.S.S. Missouri Made It to the Big Screen

These Five Battles Shaped the Dreadnought Age

Imperial Folly: Why the Yamato Battleship Was a Waste of Resources

David vs. Goliath: How the British Navy Sunk This Monster German Battleship

Not Every Battleship Becomes a Legend (This One Became a Yacht)

Was the USS Missouri the Greatest Battleship Ever?

Why Were These Battleships So Durable?

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