World War II
Seventy Years Ago Today, Queen Elizabeth Secretly Partied with Commoners
Before she became Elizabeth II, the then-princess slipped into London's streets incognito to celebrate Europe's victory over Germany
Dramatic Images of Berlin in May 1945, Set Against the City's Prosperous Present
"Spring in Berlin" compares Germany's capital city at the end of World War II and today
Germany Just Opened a Nazi Museum in the Party's Former Headquarters
70 years later, Munich's mayor says the city is ready to "face up to its Nazi past"
How Do Seals Find Their Prey and More Questions From Our Readers
You asked, we answered
The Untold Story of the Vengeful Japanese Attack After the Doolittle Raid
When the U.S. responded to Pearl Harbor with a surprise bombing of Tokyo, the Imperial Army took out its fury on the Chinese people
There's New Information About Anne Frank's Death
New research challenges the notion that if the Frank sisters had lived a few days more, they’d have survived the war
Found: A Secret Nazi Hideaway in the Heart of an Andean Jungle
Hints of a dark Nazi history found in Argentina
Microsoft Billionaire Finds Enormous Sunken Japanese Battleship
Paul Allen used his megayacht to locate the long-lost ship, which has been missing since World War II
Photos From the Battle of Iwo Jima to Mark Its 70th Anniversary
The battle for the Pacific island in the late winter of 1945 positioned the United States to invade mainland Japan, but at a cost
Brains Make Decisions the Way Alan Turing Cracked Codes
A mathematical tool developed during World War II operates in a similar way to brains weighing the reliability of information
Notes From Alan Turing’s Code-Breaking Days Found in Roof Insulation
The rare code-breaking documents include sheets used to calculate settings for the machine working on "Enigma"
Women Were Key to WWII Code-Breaking at Bletchley Park
Female operators and mathematicians play a greater role in the history of computers and code-breaking than most realize
Turing’s Secret Notebook Is Up for Auction
The notebooks offer a glimpse into the mind of a codebreaker
"Unbroken"'s Louis Zamperini Crashed Into the Pacific on May 27, 1943. Here is the Missing Air Crew Report
The National Archives holds a record with details of the downing of the former Olympian's B-24 bomber that left him lost at sea for 47 days
How Books Became a Critical Part of the Fight to Win World War II
Author Molly Guptill Manning explains the importance of reading to the American victory
The Illustrious History of Misquoting Winston Churchill
Saying exactly what Churchill said isn’t easy—or cheap
Wreckage of a Nazi U-Boat Was Found Off the Coast of North Carolina
A freighter lost in that skirmish was also discovered in the "graveyard of the Atlantic"
Ex-Nazis Received Social Security Payments From America
Dozens of former Nazis are suspected of collecting millions in Social Security in return for exiting the country
A Private Tour of the CIA's Incredible Museum
Inside the agency's headquarters is a museum filled with relics from half a century of cloak-and-dagger exploits
Rudolf Hess’ Tale of Poison, Paranoia and Tragedy
Why are packets of food that belong to the Nazi war criminal sitting in a Maryland basement?
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