The long-term costs of war - the price of life, economics of casualties and Russia's war
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How arrogance destroys armies - overconfidence and the road to military failure
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Life and death aboard a B-17, 1944
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The last SS guard
13 votes -
Russian Civil War, Winter 1917-1918
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The cure for scurvy, forgotten
51 votes -
The American civil-military relationship
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The Faroe Islands are the only country that celebrates their World War II occupation
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How Christianity took over pagan Scandinavia
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In the mid-20th century, Britain and Iceland went to war. Sort of. All over the precious resource of cod.
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Why did the UK government nationalise this pub?
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How the US built 5,000 ships in World War II
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How the 'Shetland Bus' helped Norway resist Nazi Germany – innocent-looking fishing boats delivered valuable cargo and special agents
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In April 1945 the Swedish Red Cross launched the largest rescue operation of World War II – the mission, involving the now-iconic “White Buses”, ultimately saved 15,000 prisoners
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Did the United States almost support Nazi Germany in World War II? (No)
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On the Resistance in Belgium platform, anyone can research resistance activities in Belgium during World War II
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Remembering Betty Webb: Bletchley Park and Pentagon code breaker
5 votes -
Why the island of Bornholm is Danish and not German, Swedish or Polish
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Book review of Robert Ferguson's fascinating history of the experiences of the Norwegians during the five years of German occupation
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Former Lenin Museum in Tampere, which opened in 1946 as a symbol of Finnish-Russian friendship, has rebranded amid Ukraine war
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Restitution project genealogists track down rightful heirs of Nazi-looted books
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How World War II was 'practiced' in Spain (1936-1939)
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Archaeologists discover stash of 1,500-year-old weapons – includes the only known Roman helmet ever found in Denmark
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How France uncovered the mystery of the forbidden photos of Nazi-occupied Paris
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The lost towers of the Guelph-Ghibelline wars
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How elite backlash to the populist reforms of the Gracchi brothers presaged the violent collapse of the Roman Republic
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Building the worst World War II air force - terrible aircraft and how to sell them (feat. @AnimarchyHistory)
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Dowding: Man behind 'The Few' | Great British Battle Commanders
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Navajo code talker who helped allies win World War II dies aged 107
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German Navy Enigma machine systems were different to the Army, making them tougher to crack. In this video, James Grime discusses the differences and what Alan Turing achieved in breaking the code.
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Weird Weapons: Caged Buckler - Sword trapper
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Government without states (how to raise a tribal army in pre-Roman Europe, part II)
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Divers find remains of Finnish World War II plane that was shot down by Moscow with a US diplomat aboard
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In the 1600s Sweden was a great military power – why did they decline?
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"Sword breakers" were rare and we don't know much about them. How were they used and what were they really for? Two experienced rapier fencers experiment with one to discover more about them.
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How to build 300,000 airplanes in five years
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This American Civil War submarine vanished for 136 years
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Eastern Front of WW1 animated: 1914
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Free Companies: The age of mercenary companies
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B-17 Flying Fortress | Units of History
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The Museum of Science and Industry abruptly closed for a day last week to allow it to move “military artifacts from archival storage”
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In the years after World War II, neutral, peace-loving Sweden embarked on an ambitious plan – build its own atomic bomb
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A retrospective on the Baltic road to NATO
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Israel’s ultra-Orthodox don’t serve in its armed forces. That’s getting harder than ever to justify and threatens Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition.
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World War II ‘rumor clinics’ helped America battle wild gossip
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Salvage of the century: The lost WWII gold of HMS Edinburgh
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Packages seized by the Royal Navy from a Faroese cargo ship bound for Denmark during the Napoleonic Wars opened – previously hidden away in the National Archives
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How Finland survived a 1,000,000+ Soviet invasion (1939-1940)
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Bellevue, WA police responded to a call from a US Air Force museum that said a man had offered to donate a Cold War-era missile stored in his late neighbor’s garage
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G36
9 votes