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Hidden behind a false wall in a high-security German fortress, a group of British officers built a functional aircraft using bed slats and millet porridge.
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Five days before the end of World War II in Europe, US troops, Wehrmacht soldiers, and French prisoners joined forces to repel a Waffen-SS siege.
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The daring 1943 British stratagem that used a false identity attached to a body at sea to conceal the invasion of Sicily.
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In 1932, soldiers armed with heavy machine guns were defeated by the chaotic guerrilla tactics of 20,000 fast emus.
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Two gigantic naval citadels with marble, heating, and running water that modern engineering rescued by draining a volcanic crater.
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The chilling counterattack by poisoned soldiers that triggered panic in the Imperial German Army during World War I.
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In 1943, over 35,000 soldiers stormed fog-shrouded Kiska Island, unleashing a bloody fight where the only enemy was panic and friendly fire.
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The daring tactic of the Soviet regiment that glided with idle engines in the dark to bomb the invader undetected.
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In 1918, the French government erected a full-scale replica of its capital with wooden train stations and moving lights to divert night attacks.
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How a classic board game hid silk maps, compasses, and real currency in Nazi camps
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Just five days before the Nazi surrender, sworn enemies forged an unlikely alliance to defend a Tyrolean fortress against the Waffen-SS.
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How British intelligence invented a wartime officer using the body of a homeless man to mislead the Nazi army in Sicily.