Destroyer captain says the US Navy's Red Sea fight is more intense than even the Tanker War in the 1980s

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A missile launches from a US Navy warship in the Red Sea in February.
A missile launches from a US Navy warship in the Red Sea in February.

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A US military aircraft just returned to a WWII airstrip that was once the site of a bloody battle in the Pacific

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For the first time since its recertification in June, a military fixed-wing aircraft has touched down on the historic Peleliu airstrip, marking a significant and triumphant return to this iconic World War II site.

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D-Day invasion veteran calls Ukraine's Zelenskyy a 'savior of the people' at an 80th anniversary event in Normandy

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets veterans as he attends the international ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings and the liberation of western Europe from Nazi Germany occupation, at Omaha Beach in Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, Normandy region, France, June 6, 2024.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy meets veterans as he attends the international ceremony marking the 80th anniversary of the 1944 D-Day landings and

The 4 most dangerous missions American troops carried out 80 years ago on D-Day

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Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower told his invasion force, "Your task will not be an easy one." He was brutally right.

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3 unsung World War II woman spies who helped make D-Day an Allied victory

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Lise De Baissac was a leader in the French Resistance whose efforts contributed to the success of the D-Day landings.

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2 war experts say British armor has the same production flaw that contributed to Nazi Germany's downfall

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A Ukrainian soldier with a machine gun in his hands rides along a dirt road on a Challenger-2 tank on August 3, 2023 in Ukraine.
A Challenger 2 tank in Ukraine on August 3.

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The US secretly sent communist-friendly Coca-Cola to a Soviet general in a bid to maintain good ties across the Iron Curtain

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Dwight Eisenhower talks into Georgy Zhukov's ear while a third general, Bernard Montgomery, looks on. All three are holding glasses before a toast.
British Gen. Bernard Montgomery, left, US Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, center, and Soviet Gen. Georgy Zhukov, before a toast on June 10, 1945.

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Russia again had only one tank in its big Victory Day military parade, and it was a World War II relic

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Ceremonial soldiers parade during 79th anniversary of the Victory Day in Red Square in Moscow, Russia on May 09, 2024.

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American Airlines is flying 70 World War II veterans to France for the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings

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An American Airlines Boeing 787-9.

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A group of WWII-era scientists used themselves as guinea pigs to learn to breathe underwater. Their experiments helped make D-Day possible.

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A diver from the British Royal Navy wore a self-contained suit without a cable attaching him to a ship in 1944.

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