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WWII US bombs found in German shipyard force 20,500 people to evacuate in Cologne
In what local officials are calling the largest evacuation since the end of the Second World War, the German city of Cologne ...
Cologne evacuates 20,000 people after three World War II bombs discovered
The German city of Cologne is moving 20,500 people in its largest evacuation since World War II, after officials discovered ...
On This Day: German occupiers flee Rome during WWII
In 1942, the Battle of Midway began. It raged for four days and was the turning point for the United States in the World War ...
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The Hidden History of the Nazi U-Boats That Prowled the Gulf Coast, Bringing World War II to America’s Shores
German submarines sank 56 Allied ships in the region and damaged another 14, losing just one of their own in the process ...
How the Nazis' top interrogator was hired to work on Disney theme parks
Some of the most famous mosaic murals in California, Disneyland and Disney World are the work of Hanns-Joachim Scharff, a ...
Nordic nations embrace total defense as the risk of sabotage and war rises
In 1944, Norwegian resistance fighters in the town of Kongsberg blew up a factory making cannons for occupying Nazi German forces during World War II.