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What is D-Day? How the Normandy landings led to Germany’s defeat in World War II
Day, the first day of the Normandy landings that laid the foundations for the Allied defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
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Japan touts explosion-proof container for defusing unexploded World War II ordnance
On island of Okinawa, military demonstrates cylindrical container roughly size of a washing machine to safely defuse leftover ...
3 World War II bombs defused in a German city's biggest evacuation since the end of the war
Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city's biggest evacuation ...
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Lafayette native is now the last living member of this all-women World War II battalion
With the death of 101-year-old Anna Mae Robertson of Milwaukee, Lafayette native Fannie McClendon is now the last living link ...
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World War II veteran identified and buried 81 years after being killed in action
Eighty-one years after being killed in action during the D-Day Invasion of Normandy, Private Rodger Andrews was buried at ...
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Thousands come to World War II Weekend for ‘genuine experience’
Saturday was Garabedian’s first visit to the Mid Atlantic Air Museum’s annual World War II Weekend, an event celebrating its ...
Cologne evacuation order lifted after three World War II bombs defused
The German city of Cologne has finished evacuating 20,500 people, its largest evacuation order since World War II, after ...
104-year-old Ohio World War II veteran remembers the beaches of Normandy
Richard Stewart was awarded the French Legion of Honour by France's president during D-Day ceremonies in 2024.
34th World War II Weekend wraps up at the Reading Regional Airport with 1940s reenactments
BERN TWP., Pa. - The 34th World War Two weekend is wrapping up in Berks County. The sights and sounds of the 1940s came alive ...
A look at some D-Day sites, 80 years after World War II’s end
This year being the 80th anniversary of World War II's conclusion is as good a time as any to visit its European ...
German city evacuates 20,000 after unexploded World War II bombs are found
Authorities in Cologne said this was the largest evacuation of the city since World War II. Unexploded ordnance has commonly ...
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Heroes of World War II: Thrilling stories of courage and sacrifice that saved lives
As persecution of Jews in Europe mounted in the years prior to and during World War II, many people desperately sought visas ...