World War II
What Happened to America’s Most Precious Documents After Pearl Harbor?
Librarians and archivists made sure the nation’s records didn’t become casualties of World War II
Gate Stolen From Dachau Concentration Camp Recovered in Norway
The metal gate bearing the slogan <i>Arbeit Macht Frei</i>was recently found outside the city of Bergen
A New Oral History Project Seeks the Stories of World War II Before It’s Too Late
Every member of the greatest generation has a tale to tell, no matter what they did during the war
Alan Turing’s World War II Headquarters Will Once Again House Codebreakers
Bletchley Park is being revived as a cybersecurity training center
The Children of Pearl Harbor
Military personnel weren't the only people attacked on December 7, 1941
How Accurate Is the Movie “Allied”?
The best spies won’t leave behind an evidence trail, but then how will audiences know what’s true and what’s fiction?
How (Almost) Everyone Failed to Prepare for Pearl Harbor
The high-stakes gamble and false assumptions that detonated Pearl Harbor 80 years ago
Why the U.S. Government Brought Nazi Scientists to America After World War II
As the war came to a close, the U.S. government was itching to get ahold of the German wartime technology
Chemical Weapons Dumped in the Ocean After World War II Could Threaten Waters Worldwide
How worried should we be? Chemists are racing the clock to find out
A Heroic Mission to Disarm Nazi Snipers Goes Very Wrong
Two British commandos impulsively storm a Nazi-occupied warehouse on the Norwegian island of Vaagso
An Artist Is Building a Parthenon of Banned Books
More than 100,000 books will become a monument to intellectual freedom in Germany next year
Why We Call the Axis Powers the Axis Powers
On this day in 1936, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini declared an axis between Berlin and Rome, coining a term that would be used by both sides in WWII
Why Churchill Approved a Risky Mission on a Nazi Stronghold
Churchill knew he needed a very public military success to boost morale back home
When Was the First Map Produced and More Questions From Our Readers
You asked, we answered
When Curious George Made a Daring Escape From the Nazis
The authors of the children's book series fled wartime France with the manuscript tied to their bikes
A Pearl Harbor Disappearance May Finally Have Been Solved
Flight instructor Cornelia Fort faced a close call on that infamous day, but her plane was thought to have been lost to history
Capsules Reveal Once Highly Classified Pieces of WWII Air Campaign
Two shipping barrels opened by the Commemorative Air Force contain one of the more intriguing technologies of the second world war
How Virtual Reality Is Helping Prosecute Nazi War Criminals
A new, detailed 3D simulation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp is helping prosecutors build stronger cases against these still-living Nazis
The Daring Plan to Steal Nazi Radar Technology
A British parachute regiment set off toward Bruneval on the northern coast of occupied France. Their mission: to steal German radar secrets
The Woman in the Iconic V-J Day Kiss Photo Died at 92, Here's Her Story
There’s more to the image than meets the eye
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