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29 history facts so ridiculous that I had to fact-check every single one — and they're all true

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Why this ocean is called Ironbottom Sound, the WWII naval battles that turned Guadalcanal into a shipwreck graveyard

In the Solomon Islands, a single stretch of water became the center of a brutal year-long campaign. This breaks down the key naval battles around Guadalcanal, and why so many ships went down here that ...

The Galápagos Islands Once Hosted a Forgotten U.S. WW2 Base. Scientists Just Reconstructed It.

While less than 3 percent of the original structure remains on Baltra Island, scientists were able to create a 3D digital ...

I toured the USS Massachusetts, the 680-foot battleship that fired the last shot of World War II. Take a look inside.

The USS Massachusetts, known for its pivotal role in World War II, is now a museum and war memorial in Massachusetts.