WWII troops took hammers to mosquitoes to battle pests and malaria
Malaria could be as dangerous to GIs in the Pacific theater of World War II as the enemy. To fight it, they used hammers and ...
The untold story of the battle that helped end WW2 in Europe
Operation Varsity "was the battle that ended" World War Two in Europe, yet it is largely unknown to all but military history ...
John Hemingway, last airman from WWII’s Battle of Britain, dies at 105
In terse notations, the logbook kept by Royal Air Force fighter pilot John “Paddy” Hemingway in the summer of 1940 records ...
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The best war games 2025
Conceptually, it never changes, whether you’re fighting in WW2 or you’ve taken to a future battlefield in, well, Battlefield. We’ve chosen some highlights from top-quality war games on PC ...
John A. Hemingway, Last Survivor of the Battle of Britain, Dies at 105
A fighter pilot in a vastly outnumbered Royal Air Force — one of the “few” hailed by Churchill — he took to the skies to help ...
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Letters provide look into what a WWII soldier from Denham Springs experienced
Livingston Parish history buffs got a firsthand account of a pivotal battle of World War II and learned a little about the ...
'End of an era': Last surviving Battle of Britain pilot dies
The last surviving Battle of Britain pilot, John "Paddy" Hemingway, has died at the age of 105. Mr Hemingway, who was ...
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Iwo Jima veteran recalls ‘terrible, terrible’ battle 80 years after WWII
Marine amphibious tractors burn after being hit by Japanese mortar shells during the Battle of Iwo Jima in 1945. (U.S. Marine ...
80 years since one of the bloodiest Pacific battles of World War II
80 years ago, American and Japanese troops were locked in one of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the Pacific theatre in ...
Japanese imperial couple to visit Iwoto WWII battle site in April
Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako will visit Iwoto Island for the first time in April to pay respects to the ...