Christmas on the Front Lines, 1944 A freight train marked “Santa Claus Express” rolls into Épinal, its cars packed with holiday mail and supplies for troops fighting on the Western Front. A small touch of home in a bitter winter of war. | The Reliable Narrator
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The Submarine That Raised the Alarm, USS Threadfin In April 1945, USS Threadfin spotted Yamato’s final sortie and sent the warning that unleashed the U.S. fleet. She never fired a torpedo, but her radio call helped seal the fate of the world’s largest battleship—and shattered Japan’s last major naval strike. | The Reliable Narrator
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The Submarine That Thought She Missed, USS Sawfish In July 1943, USS Sawfish fired into a convoy and dove—convinced the blast she felt was a dud. An hour later, she surfaced to find the truth: the minelayer Hirashima was sinking. Sometimes the kill only reveals itself after the smoke clears. | The Reliable Narrator
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The Submarine That Survived Close Calls, USS Flounder In early 1945, USS Flounder endured one hazard after another—torpedoes that circled back toward her, a failed attack on a patrol boat, and even a submerged collision with USS Hoe. Somehow she survived every close call and made it home from one of the war’s strangest patrols. | The Reliable Narrator
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The General Who Cracked the Admiralties, Verne Mudge Landing unopposed was the easy part. In the jungles of Manus, Verne Mudge led the 1st Cavalry into weeks of brutal fighting that shattered Japan’s hold on the Admiralty Islands and opened a new Allied stronghold in the Pacific. | The Reliable Narrator
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The Ship That Carried Secret Cargo, SS John Harvey SS John Harvey entered Bari in 1943 carrying 2,000 mustard-gas bombs—secret cargo no one was allowed to mention. When German bombers hit the port, the ship exploded and released a deadly cloud that killed scores and poisoned hundreds more. The tragedy stayed classified for years, but it ultimately led to the first chemotherapy drug. | The Reliable Narrator
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The Cruiser That Proved No Ship Is Safe, Moskva Launched as the Black Sea Fleet’s flagship in 1983, Moskva embodied Cold War power—big, heavily armed, seemingly invulnerable. But in April 2022, two Ukrainian Neptune missiles pierced that image, triggering fires and explosions that sank her under tow. The loss of Russia’s most prominent cruiser showed how modern missiles can humble even the largest warships. | The Reliable Narrator
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