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In 1989, deep in the forests outside Leningrad in the Soviet Union, a relic of the Great Patriotic War was discovered that had somehow been overlooked and forgotten since 1943. Some hunters moving through a silver birch forest far from civilization stumbled upon a "wolf" — not the wolf of fairy tales, but a wolf … Read more

In 1934, the new National Socialist government of Germany decided to overhaul how the nation remembered its war dead. Like most countries, Germany reserved one day a year as a day of remembrance, originally created to pay homage to the huge number of fallen from World War One. The day had been established by the … Read more

The Mi-24 Hind is often described as the meanest-looking helicopter ever built, and it was certainly one of the most capable. It first appeared on the world stage in 1972 and was both respected and feared. The Hind was fast, agile, heavily armed, and heavily armored. Its armor was bullet-resistant up to 12.7 millimeter caliber … Read more

George S. Patton was one of the most famous American generals of World War II. His celebrity has endured for more than 70 years, placing him alongside Dwight D. Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur as household names. Patton led armies to victory in North Africa, Sicily, France and Germany. In the final campaign, his forces raced … Read more

When the German Army launched Operation Barbarossa on June 22, 1941, its invasion of the Soviet Union presented a situation unlike anything it had faced in Poland, France, or the Low Countries: female combatants in the ranks of the enemy. The war on the Eastern Front was an ideological conflict. On one side stood German … Read more

They were the women who had it all: the wives and mistresses of Nazi Germany's leaders. They lived gilded, luxurious lives at the expense of the state, were held up as symbols of perfect German womanhood, and often wielded considerable influence behind the scenes. So what happened to them and their children when their husbands … Read more