World War II Photos Your History Teacher Didn’t Show You

Published on 05/14/2018
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The Colonel

Whether you choose to believe this story or not is your call. But a military man by the name of Colonel Anthony Joseph Drexel Biddle specialized in hand-to-hand combat. It was his duty to train soldiers in this form of combat, and he did so during both World War I and World War II. The story goes that he instructed his Marines to all attack him with their bayonets, and then he disarmed them all before they could get him.

The Colonel

The Colonel

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Time To Nap

The destruction caused from the air by the British RAF and the German Luftwaffe was basically entire obliteration of towns and cities. This RAF pilot takes a well-needed and well-deserved nap between flight missions.

Time To Nap

Time To Nap

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