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Carrots Can’t Help You See in the Dark. Here’s How a World War II Propaganda Campaign Popularized the Myth
The British government claimed that eating carrots helped its fighter pilots shoot down German planes at night. In truth, the ...
Germany is permanently stationing troops in another country for the first time since World War II
Germany is putting thousands of troops in Lithuania, a NATO member that borders Russia. It's the first long-term deployment ...
BBC5y
How one pilot survived WW2's biggest airborne operation
Following the success of D-Day, the Allies launched an airborne landing at the Dutch ... Pilot Jim Hooper was one of thousands captured by German forces. Video shows the moment a parachutist ...
Soldiers sail across the Rhine to mark 80th anniversary of the invasion of Germany
The March 1945 crossings, by Patton and Montgomery's forces, gave the Allies beachheads with which to invade Germany.
BBC14d
Final WW2 airborne op 'testament to RAF skills'
The SAS soldiers flew from Rivenhall in Stirling bombers similar to those seen here The last European airborne operation ... soldiers were dropped into the German-occupied eastern Netherlands ...
The Sun20d
Germany launches FIRST permeant troop deployment since WW2 as 5,000 soldiers to be sent to face down tyrant Putin
GERMANY launched its first permeant deployment of troops to foreign soil since World War Two on Tuesday. In a break with history, Berlin announced a 5,000-strong armoured brigade in Lithuania to ...
BBC14d
Final WW2 airborne op 'testament to RAF skills'
The last European airborne operation of World War Two was ... British-led French SAS soldiers were dropped into the German-occupied eastern Netherlands on 7 and 8 April 1945, suffering 18% ...