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 HQ Batallón) August 24, 2016

3 Awesome US Army armored identification posters - Learn to recognize these vehicles: tanks and self-propelled weapons

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Charts features black & white drawings of front and profile views of various light, medium and heavy tanks and self-propelled weapons. Included are American, Russian, German, Italian, Japanese, and English vehicles.read more

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 HQ Batallón) August 15, 2016

Recalling Battles Guadalcanal and Okinawa - Inside the Battle

Archival film footage and interviews with World War II U.S. veterans, historians and the team behind the HBO miniseries "The Pacific" provide an in-depth look at the 1942 Battle of Guadalcanal and the bloody 1945 Battle of Okinawa.read more

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 Lieutenant) August 13, 2016

Testimonials: Japanese WWII 'Zero' pilot reflects on life and war

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Former Japanese fighter pilot 99-year-old Kaname Harada reflects on his nation's wartime past as Japan marks seven decades since the end of World War II.

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 Lieutenant) August 09, 2016

Japan's War in Colour - Documentary with never seen before films

Japan's role in World War II gets a whole new perspective in this consisting entirely of full color footage, including color films from Japan that were recently discovered. As the visuals of the world war take on a new vivid immediateness, the story of the rise of the militarists in Japan is...read more

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 Lieutenant) August 04, 2016

Awesome Images! 200,000 Lego Blocks Used to Remake The Mighty Battleship Yamato

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Yamato was the lead ship of the Yamato class of Imperial Japanese Navy World War II battleships. Yamato was one of the largest battleships ever built and was specifically designed to counter the numerically superior battleship fleet of the United States, Japan’s main rival in the Pacific. See...read more

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Japanese Army executed and killed many captured Allied airmen, among them three Doolittle Raiders

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U.S. Army Air Force Lt. Robert L. Hite, blindfolded by his captors, is led from a Japanese transport plane after he and the other seven flyers were flown from Shanghai to Tokyo. Hite was co-pilot of crew 16 (B-25B s/n 40-2268 Bat out of Hell, 34th Bomb Squadron) of the "Doolittle Raiders"....read more

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 Lieutenant) August 02, 2016

Stunning pictures and video reveal the bunker where Emperor Hirohito recorded the speech announcing Japan's surrender

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After atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Summer 1945, 70 years ago, Emperor Hirohito recorded the speech announcing Japan's World War II surrender. These facts happened in a bunker dug located in the thick Fukiage forest inside the Imperial Palace in Tokyo...read more

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 Lieutenant) July 30, 2016

'Hacksaw Ridge' Upcoming WWII Movie Based on True Story of the First Conscientious Objector Awarded the Medal of Honor - Official Trailer

'Hacksaw Ridge' is the extraordinary true story of Desmond Doss [Andrew Garfield] who, in Okinawa during the bloodiest battle of WWII, saved 75 men without firing or carrying a gun. He was the only American soldier in WWII to fight on the front lines without a weapon, as he believed that while...read more

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 Lieutenant) July 26, 2016

Stunning color footage for the World War II history buffs - Soldiers and weapons no matter the country!!

The greatest generation the world has ever seen, respect for American, Commonwealth, German, Russian, ... and Japanese soldiers. Respect for all the soldiers that fought in WWII, no matter the country.read more

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