World War II
Former SS Guard Convicted on 170,000 Counts of Accessory to Murder
Reinhold Hanning a 94-year-old retired dairy farmer served as a guard at Auschwitz during World War II
Thousands of Objects Taken From Holocaust Victims Have Been Rediscovered
Almost 16,000 items were forgotten for decades
The Marshall Islands Are Becoming Less Nuclear
A new study finds that the abandoned nuclear test sites aren't much more radioactive than Central Park
The Merchant Marine Were the Unsung Heroes of World War II
These daring seamen kept the Allied troops armed and fed while at the mercy of German U-boats
Five Times the United States Officially Apologized
These are a few instances where the U.S. admitted it had done wrong
The Hollywood Bombshell Who Invented an Indispensable War Technology
In 1942, Hedy Lamarr received a patent for frequency hopping, but was told to devote her efforts elsewhere
Will We Ever Know Why Nazi Leader Rudolf Hess Flew to Scotland in the Middle of World War II?
The remarkable tale of insanity, espionage, and conspiracies remains unanswered after 75 years
Marines Are Investigating the Identity of a Flag Raiser in the Iconic Iwo Jima Photo
Amateur historians have called into question the identity of a soldier in Joe Rosenthal's 1945 Pulitzer prize-winning image
Historic Sites of the London Underground Will Soon Open for Visitors
See Churchill’s blitz bunker and the first underwater tunnel ever built
New Project Uncovers What Americans Knew About the Holocaust
You can help historians learn how newspapers in the U.S. documented the persecution of European Jews
In "Solomonic Solution," Museum Returns Two Nazi-Looted Artworks to 95-Year-Old Descendant
After nearly 20 years of fighting, the Leopold Museum in Vienna has agreed to return the watercolors
How the Associated Press Became Part of the Nazi Propaganda Machine
New research suggests a backscratch agreement that traded access for control
Following WWII, New Zealand’s Navy Was Rocked With Peaceful Mutinies
More than 20 percent of the Royal New Zealand Navy was discharged for protesting low pay
The Strange Career of “Mack the Knife”
As old Macheath is inducted into the National Recording Registry, here's a look back at his long musical life
Switzerland’s Historic Bunkers Get a New Lease on Life
As the shadow of war fades, the country’s former fallout shelters now house everything from museums to cheese factories
A Brief History of the Zoot Suit
Unraveling the jazzy life of a snazzy style
Spared From the Holocaust by His Countrymen, a Jewish Refugee Hopes That Denmark Can Regain Its Humanity
Leo Goldberger will never forget how his fellow Danes kept him safe, but the reaction to today’s refugee crisis gives him pause about his former homeland
World War II Survivor Tips Off Geologists to Hidden Tunnels Beneath Naples
The forgotten tunnels were used as bomb shelters
The Spy in the Doll Shop
The FBI was confounded by mysterious letters sent to South America, until they came across New York City proprieter Velvalee Dickinson
The Nazis Planned to Bomb Britain With Forged Bank Notes
But Operation Bernhard never made it rain
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