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Tarantino rewrites World War II history in his controversial action/war film

Following the battle of Cambrai the German High Command began an active campaign to employ salvaged British Tanks.

The story of Georges Guynemer who graduated from air mechanic to National hero, to disappear withoput trace on September 11 1917.

Released in October 2008 the National Geographic Channel's offering piecing together the incredible and almost unbelievable military operation to free Ingrid Betancourt

Operation Overlord is the code name given to the preparations and execution of the invasion of Normandy, France during World War II.

After a three-week delay, peace talks between the Lord's Resistance Army and the Ugandan government resume in the southern Sudanese town of Juba.

Between June 1942 and January 1943 the German army and its Hungarian, Italian and Romanian allies were involved in a struggle of epic proportions against the Soviet army.

As a central part of its newly devised "southern strategy," British military forces laid siege to the rebel stronghold and key seaport of Charleston, South Carolina.

Following U.S. entry into World War I, massive shipments of munitions and food stuffs enabled the Allies to withstand the last German offensive and ultimately prevail.

Hitler and the German High Command bit on the deception of Operation Fortitude and the results were successful Allied landings on the Norman Coast of France in 1944.

Rommel was a brilliant tactician and symbolized Germany's military might. He was arguably the greatest German commander of WW II.

As early as 1941 this decorated war hero began plotting against Adolf Hitler.

Following the British introduction of tanks into combat at the Battle of Cambrai in 1917, the German Army developed a number of methods to stop armor advances.

Diverse in scope the Italian Campaign of World War II lost its prestige once the Allies stormed into Normandy in June 1944, but played a large part in the final victory.

Tour the must-see sights on foot in a two-hour itinerary from the Duomo and La Scala opera house through the fashionable shopping streets of the Quadrilatero della Moda.

Quentin Tarantino's latest film Inglourious Basterds is a welcome return to form for the American film geek/auteur. 8/10.

British Generals decide to take the high points around Boston to keep their naval advantage from being taken. Breed's Hill in Charlestown becomes the flash point of war!

The unique Coast Guard Cutter Storis served seven decades through two wars performing search and rescue, icebreaking, law enforcement, convoy escort, and exploration.

German defeat at Stalingrad resulted from irrational strategy devised by Adolf Hitler as well as numerous other factors including supply problems and weather.

American patriots in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina won a critical victory against British Loyalists at a time when such a victory was desperately needed.

It was June 1777. America desperately needed a victory to save the revolution and bring France into the war. She found her salvation near the town of Saratoga, New York.

Barbarossa began with massive victories for the German armed forces yet failed to gain total victory. Despite huge losses the Red Army was not beaten decisively.

From the laying of her keel, to her mysterious sinking near the end of the First World War, U-Boat 65 was believed to be cursed ship by all those who sailed in her.

Russian-born British spy Georgi Rosenblum spoke seven languages, seduced many women, and was the first "super-spy". His missions included a plot to assassinate Lenin.

Whilst much is known about Nelson Mandela and the ANC little is known about a white Jewish South African who fought the oppression and injustices of the Apartheid regime.

Nurse Edith Cavell, a Red Cross Nurse, helped stranded British soldiers escape from Belgium after the 1st Battle of Mons. In 1915 she was betrayed and shot by the Germans

Fantasy Writer Hal Duncan shares five notable books with Suite 101 and explains why these in particular have played such an influential part in shaping his own writing.

The American covert venture to seize as many German scientist as they could at the end of World War II was called Operation Paperclip.

During World War II, the U.S. Military published The Stars and Stripes, a newspaper by and for GIs. This gave our soldiers news of home and the war.

The story of the last uboat afloat and its 107 day epic voyage--almost all after wars end. Some say it was ferrying Hitler and Nazi Gold to South America.

World War I evolved into a prolonged and bloody conflict as both the Allies & Central Powers sought ways to end the stalemate, lengthening the conflict by their efforts.

The Civil War was not just a white man's war...it involved dozens of Native American tribes, which fought for their own independence. This is the story of the Cherokee.

The PzKpfw V medium battle tank, better known as the Panther, was not only Germany's best all round tank of the war, but possibly the best tank of any nation in WWII.