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The Astounding Story Of The Paris Gun, The German Superweapon Used During World War I
"[The shells] simply dropped from space like some huge meteorite." On March 21, 1918, terror suddenly rained down from the ...
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World War I soldiers created underground art in the trenches.
(See how World War I energized mapmaking at National Geographic.) Photographed in 1917, an endless line of Russian soldiers sit patiently in a trench as they anticipate a German attack. National ...
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Understanding World War II through the eyes of German soldiers
Professor Sönke Neitzel used secret transcripts of German prisoners of war to create a unique portrait of the mindset of soldiers during WWII. For many decades after the end of World War II (WWII), a ...
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Europe’s Landscape Is Still Scarred by World War I
On the Chemin des Dames, German soldiers took refuge in a former ... Michael St. Maur Sheil The first large battle fought by American soldiers in World War I took place in Belleau Wood.
Germany is permanently stationing troops in another country for the first time since World War II
Germany is putting thousands of troops in Lithuania, a NATO member that borders Russia. It's the first long-term deployment ...
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Oxford college to honour WW1 German soldiers
The Queen's College currently has 121 names on its World War One memorial but that omits ... A proposal to add five new names - including three German soldiers - follows a similar move by the ...
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World War One: The global conflict that defined a century
Many German soldiers feel betrayed ... This arguably contributes to the causes of World War Two.