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The Rise of Hitler: How Germany Descended Into Madness
How did it happen? That's the question everyone asks when they study World War II. How did a failed artist and former soldier become the dictator of German…
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The Eastern Front: History's Deadliest Conflict
If you want to understand the true horror of World War II, look east. The war between Germany and the Soviet Union was unlike anything else in human histor…
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The Fall of France: Blitzkrieg in the West
Everyone expected a long war. The French had built the Maginot Line, an impressive chain of fortifications along the German border. They believed it was im…
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The Liberation of Paris: A City Freed
August 1944. The Allies were racing across France after the breakout from Normandy. The French Resistance, which had been waiting for this moment, rose up…
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The Manhattan Project: Building the Atomic Bomb
Deep in the New Mexico desert, a group of scientists changed the world. They didn't know it at the time, not really. They were racing against the Germans…
History
The War That Changed the World Forever
World War II remade the planet. The old empires, Britain, France, the European colonial powers, were bankrupt and exhausted. The new superpowers, the Unite…
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The Battle of Stalingrad: Hell on Earth
There's never been a battle like Stalingrad. From August 1942 to February 1943, two armies fought to the death in a city on the Volga. The Germans wanted S…