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The American warplane Germany couldn’t match in World War II

This video explores the remarkable story of an American P-47 Thunderbolt captured by Germany during World War II and closely examined by Luftwaffe engineers. After landing intact at a ...
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Why Nazi Germany’s V-2 rocket failed in World War II

During World War II, Nazi Germany introduced the V-2 rocket, the world’s first operational ballistic missile. Designed under the direction of Wernher von Braun, the V-2 was presented as a ...
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Specialists Carefully Defuse a 550-Pound Bomb in Dresden—Eight Decades After It Fell During World War II

Demolition expert Thomas Zowalla after defusing the World War II-era bomb in Dresden Robert Michael / Picture Alliance via Getty Images Experts have successfully defused an unexploded World War II-era ...