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Historic Air Raids that Rained Fury from the Skies
In 1943, an RAF raid was mounted to troll the Nazis and disrupt the commemoration of their tenth anniversary in power. German bigwigs were scheduled to give live speeches in Berlin that…
Warfare History
The Bombing Campaign against Hitler’s Third Reich
Military strategists developed the concept of strategic aerial bombing during the interwar period in the 1920s and 1930s. Its proponents…
American History
Mercy in War: The Story of a German Pilot and a Crippled B-17 During WWII
Cold hard logic doesn’t always translate to war, sometimes true evil reigns, such as the capture of Nanjing, but many…
American History
Eternal Soldiers: 8 World War II Ghost Stories
World War II left scars all over the planet and those scars continue to shape the world today. The tremendous…
Warfare History
This Day In History: The Americans Bomb Nazi Germany For the First Time (1943)
On this day in 1943, 8th Bomber Command bombers carried out the first American air raids on German targets. The…