Jerry cans: The true secret weapon of WWII ~humanities.history Video 30:14, published Feb 28 2022 5 votes
Part of a Spitfire which was shot down over Norway during World War II has gone on display after being restored ~humanities.history Article 29 words 5 votes
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Battle of Drøbak Sound, 1940 - "Either I will be decorated or court martialed. Fire!" ~humanities.history Video 7:46 6 votes
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Why measuring the impact of Lend-Lease is so difficult ~humanities.history Video 12:18, published Aug 14 2018 4 votes
The Polish doctors who used science to outwit the Nazis ~humanities.history Article 7684 words, published Aug 14 2017 8 votes
Pacific Series part 1/5: Why attacking Pearl Harbor was the least bad option Japan had ~humanities.history Video 10:05, published Feb 22 2019 6 votes
The USAAF intercepts and shoots down Admiral Yamamoto, 1943 - Animated ~humanities.history Video 8:29 4 votes
José Epita Mbomo: The Spanish electrician who sabotaged the Nazis ~humanities.history Article 3019 words, published Mar 1 2021 7 votes
Animated history: 1943 - 1945 Invasion of Italy (Video collage) ~humanities.history Video 33:19, published Jan 15 2021 5 votes
The tale of a World War II British submarine that shot down an enemy plane with a torpedo ~humanities.history Article 1585 words 7 votes
Janine de Greef, Belgian who helped smuggle downed Allied airmen to safety during World War II, dies at 95 ~humanities.history Article 1253 words 7 votes
That Downfall scene explained: What is Hitler freaking out about? ~humanities.history Video 10:03, published Oct 1 2019 8 votes
Marine archaeologists catch a break on the bottom of the Baltic Sea: A 75-year-old Enigma machine ~humanities.history Article 374 words 12 votes
"Brilliant" plans to win WW2: How France planned to win the war against Nazi Germany ~humanities.history Video 7:23, published May 12 2017 7 votes
How the ballpoint pen killed cursive ~humanities.history Article 535 words, published Aug 28 2015 17 votes
Black troops were welcome in Britain, but Jim Crow wasn’t: The race riot of one night in June 1943 ~humanities.history Article 1196 words, published Jun 22 2018 15 votes
The bombing and the breakthrough: How a chemical weapons disaster in World War II led to a US cover-up - and a new cancer treatment ~humanities.history Article 6782 words 11 votes
August 6th, 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan ~humanities.history Article 16 187 words 18 votes
K-Ships vs. U-Boats: Blimps hunting submarines in the Battle of the Atlantic ~humanities.history Article 1882 words 5 votes
The history of the US Army's 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, the largest unit of black servicewomen to ever deploy overseas ~humanities.history Article 2559 words, published Jun 17 2020 4 votes
The Kentucky miner who scammed Americans by claiming he was Hitler and plotting a ‘revolt’ with ‘spaceships’ ~humanities.history Article 4106 words 9 votes
Why Hitler lost the war: German strategic mistakes in WWII ~humanities.history Video 36:20, published Jun 29 2012 7 votes
Vatican opens archives of World War II-era Pope Pius XII ~humanities.history Article 720 words 6 votes
The deadliest disaster in maritime history happened seventy-five years ago this week: Thousands of German citizens and soldiers fleeing the Soviet army died when the “Wilhelm Gustloff” sank ~humanities.history Article 1924 words 4 votes
What Americans know about the Holocaust: Fewer than half can correctly answer multiple-choice questions about the number of Jews who were murdered or the way Adolf Hitler came to power ~humanities.history Article 2155 words 20 votes
US torpedo troubles during World War II ~humanities.history Article 3945 words, published Jun 12 2006 7 votes
How this abandoned mining town in Greenland helped win World War II ~humanities.history Article 1308 words 5 votes