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World War II Reparations Compared: German and Japanese Responses to War Crimes and Atrocities

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Turning Point Battles in World War II: Stalingrad and Midway Changed the Direction of the Second World War

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Stalingrad 1942-1943: Turning Point of the German Soviet War and World War II

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Operation Overlord: D-Day, the 6th of June, 1944

By: Ivan Castro

Clyde 'Sparky' Cosper: The Hero who Saved a Buckinghamshire Village From Disaster

By: Lynda Osborne

Causes of World War II in Europe: Failure of the League of Nations and Appeasement Led to Conflict

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

How To Win a War Against Adolf Hitler: Fight Him with Rubber and Cheap Plywood

By: David Musser

A Short History of the M1 Garand Rifle: The Greatest Battle Implement Ever Devised

By: Michael Allred

Voices of the Holocaust: Survivors Recall Nazi Medical Experimentation at Auschwitz

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

The 'Angel of Death' Comes to Auschwitz: An Overview of the Early Career of Josef Mengele

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

'Nothing . . . Close to Human Existence': Life and Work at Auschwitz

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

Unbroken Navajo Code of World War II: Native American Language Protected Troops in WWII

By: Feature Writer Katrena Wells

Role of Navajo Code Talkers in World War II: Unbreakable WWII Communication Tactics Helped to Win War

By: Feature Writer Katrena Wells

Nancy Wake – The Gestapo's Most-Wanted: Covert World War Two Operative, the White Mouse

By: Hari Navarro

Submarine Orzel – Poland's Heroic Gesture: Polish Sub Stands as Pillar of Strength in World War II

By: Feature Writer William Silvester

Fly Girls of World War II: WASP Program Gets Recognition

By: Kathleen Strelow

San Marino in the Second World War: Despite Neutrality San Marino Bombed in WW II

By: Feature Writer William Silvester

Bristol Blenheim V: W/Cdr.Malcolm and the Award of a Posthumous VC

By: Murray McLeod

Pavlov's House in Stalingrad: A Symbol of Soviet Determination in World War II

By: Jon Matsune

The Propaganda of Lord Haw Haw: William Joyce Hanged for Treason in U.K.

By: Feature Writer Rupert Taylor

The Doctors' Trial: Ethical Reflections on Judgment at Nuremberg

By: Feature Writer Jeffrey Willett

Kristallnacht, The Night of Broken Glass: The Beginning of Terror for Jews in Nazi Germany

By: Holly Anderson

German Arctic Weather Stations During WW II: Accurate Weather Reports and the Strategic Bombing Campaign

By: Murray Sager

Ilse Koch She Wolf of the SS: Known as The Bitch of Buchenwald Concentration Camp

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Liberator VC: F/O Trigg was Awarded a Posthumous VC with Coastal Command

By: Murray McLeod

Boulton Paul Defiant: A Failed Day Fighter that Redeemed Itself in the Night Role

By: Murray McLeod

The Katyn Forest Massacre of 1940: The Implications of its Discovery in 1943

By: Fiona Allison

The Rescue of The Lost Battalion: Nisei GIs Made Dramatic Attack to Save Comrades in WWII France

By: Jon Matsune

The Bombing of Dresden: German City Devastated by Massive Air Raid

By: Feature Writer Rupert Taylor

American GIs Liberate Huy, Belgium from Nazis: 65th Anniversary of Liberation from World War II German Occupation

By: Greca Durant

Hitler's First Aerial Attack on Britian: Luftwaffe Bomb Firth of Forth

By: Lynda Osborne

Jews in Italy During the Holocaust: How the Italians Helped Jewish Refugees in World War II

By: Bonnie Way

Women Aviators in World War II: Three Heroines of the Air Transport Auxiliary

By: Jo Lamb-White

Handley Page Halifax: Versatile Heavy Bomber that Operated with a Variety of Commands

By: Murray McLeod

The Overlooked Battle of Khalkhin Gol: Conflict Between Japan, Russia Determined Course of World War II

By: Jon Matsune

70th Anniversary of the Evacuation from Dunkirk: Little Ships Rescue of Allied Troops from Dunkerque in 1940

By: Elaine Findlay

The U.S. 4th Infantry Division: The Famous 4th Fights Its Way Through World War II Europe

By: Jon Matsune

70th Anniversary of Britain's Entry into WWII: Britain Declares War on Germany at 11am on September 3rd, 1939

By: Elaine Findlay

The Atomic Bomb and the End of World War II: Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the Invasion of Japan

By: Matthew Miller

Dakota VC: Flt.Lt. David Lord was Transport Command's Sole VC Winner

By: Murray McLeod

The Douglas DC3 Series: The Rugged Dakota Served Valiantly in Every Theatre of WW II

By: Murray McLeod

U.S.S. Houston, CA 30: Franklin Roosevelt's Favorite Ship was Sunk at the Sunda Straits

By: Eric Niderost

U.S.S. Wake: Only U.S. Warship to be Captured Intact in World War II

By: Eric Niderost

Kenneth Campbell VC: A Beaufort Pilot's Gallant Torpedo Attack at Brest Harbour

By: Murray McLeod

Young Oak Kim: Korean-American Hero of World War II, Korean War

By: Jon Matsune

Bristol Beaufort: A General-purpose Aircraft that Gained Fame as a Torpedo Bomber

By: Murray McLeod

The 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team: Nisei Soldiers Shed Blood to Change Perceptions in World War II

By: Jon Matsune

The WWII Hybrid Battleship Carriers of Japan: The Hyuga and Ise Converted Battlecarriers

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Eisenhower and the Drive to Berlin in 1945: Why the Allies Allowed the Russians to Take the Capital of the Reich

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Douglas Boston: A Light Bomber that Served with Distinction in Every War Theatre

By: Murray McLeod

Armstrong Whitworth Whitley: Bomber Command's Grand Old Lady of the Early War Years

By: Murray McLeod

The Kempeitai – Japan's Gestapo: Dreaded Secret Police of World War II

By: Eric Niderost

Yangtze River Patrol: U.S. Navy Gunboats Protected Americans in Pre-WWII China

By: Eric Niderost

The Effects of World War I on Adolf Hitler: Hitler's Progression As a Human Between the Two World Wars

By: Ryan Werner

Azad Hind - Free India Movement: German Plans for India in World War II

By: Feature Writer William Silvester

Fourth Marine Band: The Last China Band: Marine Musicians in WWII Shanghai

By: Eric Niderost

Shanghai's Bridge House: World War II's Most Infamous Japanese Prison

By: Eric Niderost

Roderick Learoyd VC: The First of 2 Hampden Aircrew to receive the Ultimate Award

By: Murray McLeod

The Handley Page Hampden: A Medium Bomber Involved in the RAF's Early Missions of WW II

By: Murray McLeod

Soochow, Canine China Marine: Shanghai Mongrel Who Survived Three Years as a Japanese POW

By: Eric Niderost

The Heavy Cruiser IJNS Mogami: The Emperor’s Lucky and Unique Ship in World War Two

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Japanese Mogami Class Cruisers: Imperial Navy Cruisers of the Rising Sun in World War II

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

The Bridges at Maastricht: A Heroic Bombing Mission Under Impossible Odds

By: Murray McLeod

The Fairey Battle: A New Bomber with Advanced Features but Failed Operationally

By: Murray McLeod

The Mysterious Murder of Benito Mussolini: Documents from US Strengthen the British Theory and Churchill’s Role

By: Alessandro Mastrorocco

The Stars and Stripes in World War II: GI’s Newspaper Improves Troop’s Morale

By: David Todd

The First Lancaster VC: The Story of S/ Ldr J.D.Nettleton Who Led the Daring Augsburg Raid

By: Murray McLeod

Avro Lancaster: The RAF's Finest Heavy Bomber

By: Murray McLeod

The Sinking Of The Bismarck: How The British Navy Sunk Germany's Most Feared Battleship

By: Pete Cummings

The Hunt For The Bismarck: How The British Hunted Germany's Most Feared Battleship

By: Pete Cummings

The Ghosts of Fort Sumter: A Story of a Boy's Early Life Within the Historic Fort

By: Gene Owens

Burma and Asian Strategy in World War II: British and American Interests Converge over the Burma Road

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Rise of Aircraft Carrier Warfare: Style of Naval Warfare in the 20th Century

By: Alex Graham-Heggie

USS Indianapolis Sunk in the Philippine Sea: The Greatest US Naval Disaster of the Second World War

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

A Brief Overiew of Operation Overlord: The 65th Anniversary of D-Day

By: Terry Long

African-American Martyrs Remembered: Shot by SS in 1944, Wereth 11 Kept Warm in Village's Memory

By: Gene Owens

The Dieppe Raid of 1942: How An Ill-Fated Raid Help Decide the Outcome of D-Day

By: James Jackson

Auschwitz Concentration Camp: The Collective Female Experience

By: Jessica Sprunt

B-17 Leaves Mark on German Landscape: Attacked by German Jet, Bomber Drops Its Load

By: Gene Owens

Bristol Blenheim IV: An improved Version of the Original Mk1 Blenheim

By: Murray McLeod

Bristol Blenheim Mk.1: A New Bomber That Changed Air Ministry Tactics

By: Murray McLeod

The Meaning of D-Day: Allied Hopes, German Forboding

By: Barry Vale

The Hurricane: Hawker Hurricane First RAF Fighter to Exceed 300mph

By: Murray McLeod

The Fairey Swordfish: The Fleet Air Arm's Venerable Torpedo Bomber

By: Murray McLeod

General Heinz Guderian and Tank Warfare: Development of Armored Formations Led to Swift Victory in 1939

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

Consolidated Catalina: The versatile Cat Served in All Allied Theatres of War.

By: Murray McLeod

Consolidated B-24 Liberator: Famous Bomber of World War II

By: Matthew Pizzolato

The Short Stirling: First of the Four-engine 'Heavies' for Bomber Comand

By: Murray McLeod

The Vickers Wellington: Bomber Command's Mainstay in the Early War Years

By: Murray McLeod

Ventura VC: Valiant Daylight Raid on Amsterdam Power House

By: Murray McLeod

From Home Maker to War Worker: Non Combatant Duties for Women in World War II

By: Jo Lamb-White

Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress: Versatile Bomber of World War 2

By: Matthew Pizzolato

70th Anniversary of World War II: The Invasion of Poland Began September 1, 1939

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Ventura Day Bomber: A Promising New Design from Lockheed

By: Murray McLeod

Avro Manchester: The RAF's Greatest Disappointment

By: Murray McLeod

Leslie Thomas Manser VC: Bomber Captain's Sacrifice Over Cologne

By: Murray McLeod

General Vinegar Joe Stilwell: China-Burma-India Theater

By: Jeanie Turner

Lyudmila Pavlichenko Sniper Super Star: Hero of the Soviet Union and Legendary Marksman

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Lyudmila Pavlichenko Female Sniper Queen: Lady Sniper-Ace Killed More Soldiers than Any other female marksman

By: Feature Writer Christopher Eger

Japan's Road to War: Events Leading up to Japan's Entry into World War II

By: Alex Graham-Heggie

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