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The Polish Mathematician Who Cracked Enigma Before Alan Turing

Before the famous Bletchley Park efforts, three Polish mathematicians—Jerzy Różycki, Henryk Zygalski, and Marian Rejewski—had already cracked the German Enigma machine in 193...

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The Ghost Army: 23rd Headquarters Special Troops

The Ghost Army was a unit of 1,100 artists, designers, and sound engineers who used inflatable tanks, sonic deception, and fake radio traffic to deceive the Germans. They "appeared...

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Chiune Sugihara: The Japanese Diplomat Who Saved 6,000 Jews

Defying direct orders from Tokyo, Japanese consul Chiune Sugihara issued transit visas to thousands of Jewish refugees in Lithuania in 1940. He wrote visas by hand for 18-20 hours ...

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The Forgotten 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Female Fighter

18-year-old Zivia Lubetkin was one of the leaders of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. She fought for 27 days against overwhelming odds. She was one of the few survivors and later helped...

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