WWII bomb disposal operation in Paris causes hours of travel chaos and Eurostar line closure
The disposal of what Paris police called an ''excessively dangerous'' unexploded World War II bomb caused hours of ...
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What Soldiers Do: Sex and the American GI in World War II France
The reality, as Mary Louise Roberts describes it, was awkwardly different. The Allies did not arrive in France unannounced. In order to confuse the Germans about the precise location of the landings, ...
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Gary Palmer, Terri Sewell team up to give Congressional Gold Medal to first Black armored WWII unit
Two Alabama members of Congress teamed up Wednesday to introduce a bill that would award the Congressional Gold Medal to the first Black armored unit to serve in World War II. Under the bill by Reps.
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France arrests two after arson attack on Russian consulate in Marseille
On February 24, 2022, Russian leader Vladimir Putin invaded pro-Western Ukraine, setting off the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II.
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More Than 80 Years Later, Audie Murphy's Medal of Honor Action Is Still Like Something Out of a Movie
The German military launched a major offensive in December 1944 that had pushed Allied lines back into Belgium and France ... most decorated soldier of World War II, he not only wrote his popular ...
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Israeli tanks enter West Bank for first time in decades as minister says Palestinians can't return
Israeli tanks moved into the occupied West Bank on Sunday for the first time in decades in what Palestinian authorities called a “dangerous escalation,” after the defense minister said troops ...
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American troops pack more punch than European ones, and fighting Russia without the U.S. would require adding more than 300,000, think tank says
French and Spanish regimental flags at NATO’s Steadfast Dart 25 exercise in Smardan, Romania, on Feb. 19.
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Trump’s America is Putin’s ally now
James Nixey, Russia-Eurasia director at the Chatham House think tank in London, said Trump and his team did not appear to be negotiating with Putin from an “oppositional” stance. “The reality is this ...