World War II
These Minesweeping Boats Paved the Way for D-Day
Harbor Defense Motor Launches, or HDMLs, were tiny wooden boats built to protect British ports against German submarines
Why Don't We See Fireflies in the Western U.S.?
You asked, we answered
This Inventor Made the Famed D-Day Swimming Tanks
Without Nicholas Straussler, D-Day wouldn't have been possible. He came up with the design for the Duplex Drives tanks - a key part of the initial invasion
Kalman Aron Used His Art to Survive the Holocaust
The artist and survivor sketched portraits of Nazi officers in exchange for extra food and blankets. His death at 93 was confirmed by his son, David Aron
These Photos Captured What Happened When the United States Started to Ration Shoes During WWII
Seventy-five years ago, the Office for Price Administration wanted to limit the use of leather on the homefront
Wreck of Aircraft Carrier U.S.S. <i>Lexington</i> Found 76 Years After It Was Scuttled in Battle
The ship was sunk by an American destroyer so it couldn't be captured in the Battle of Coral Sea, considered to be the first carrier battle in history
Long-Lost Monet, Sent Away for Safekeeping Before WWII, Found in Louvre Storage
The painting was acquired by Japanese art collector Kōjirō Matsukata in the 1920s. It will go on view at the National Museum of Western Art in 2019
How a Sneak Attack By Norway's Skiing Soldiers Deprived the Nazis of the Atomic Bomb
Seventy-five years ago, in Operation Gunnerside, a stealthy group of commandos took out a crucial Nazi chemical plant
Norman Rockwell's 'Four Freedoms' Brought the Ideals of America to Life
This wartime painting series reminded Americans what they were fighting for
The Louvre Puts Nazi-Looted Art in Public Eye in Effort to Find Rightful Heirs
The museum hopes the initiative will help connect the works to their legitimate owners. But critics say the move is too little, too late
Rosie the Riveter and Uncle Sam: Two Portraits, Two Methods of Persuasion
Kim Sajet, director of the Portrait Gallery, says that while Uncle Sam orders, Rosie inspires collective action
This Man Filmed Life Inside an Internment Camp
Dave Tatsuno was one of the 120,000 Japanese-Americans rounded up in the U.S. in 1942 and placed in an internment camp
Coco Schumann, the Holocaust Survivor who Played Jazz at Auschwitz, Dies at 93
The Berlin native returned to the city after the war and became renowned for playing the electric guitar
When Mass Murder Is an Intimate Affair
A new book reveals how neighbors turned on neighbors in an Eastern European border town
The Unsung Inspiration Behind the "Real" Rosie the Riveter
Historians pay tribute to the legacy of Naomi Parker Fraley, who died Saturday at 96. In 2015, she was linked, circumstantially, to the We Can Do It poster
The Great Los Angeles Air Raid Terrified Citizens—Even Though No Bombs Were Dropped
The WWII “battle” was an example of what happens when the threat of attack feels all too real
Why Did the U.S. Sink Captured Japanese Subs After WWII?
WWII had come to a close, and the U.S. was the first to seize a new class of giant Japanese submarines. The next step was to analyze them quickly
Intense Footage of Kamikaze Attacks During WWII
U.S. marines faced a battle unlike any they had faced before: the Japanese intentionally crashed over 1,900 planes in suicide kamikaze dives on them
The Reporter Who Helped Persuade FDR to Tell the Truth About War
After witnessing the bloody struggle with Japan, Robert Sherrod thought the public should face the 'cruel' facts
Hitler Created a Fictional Persona To Recast Himself as Germany's Savior
In 1923, Adolf Hitler wrote an embellished autobiography to convince Germans he was their natural leader
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