World War II
After Pearl Harbor, Vandals Cut Down Four of DC's Japanese Cherry Trees
In response to calls to destroy all the trees, officials rebranded them as "Oriental" rather than "Japanese"
For Russia, Annexing Crimea Means Reclaiming "Paradise"
Crimea's idyllic scenery has drawn Russian tourists for years
Nazi Scientists Wanted to Use Mosquitoes to Send Diseases Behind Enemy Lines
The Nazi SS ran an entomological research facility
The Path of the Monuments Men Through Europe
Chart the course the Monuments Men took to safeguard Europe's treasures during World War II
The True Story of the Monuments Men
Without the work of these curators and professors, tens of thousands of priceless works of art would have been lost to the world forever
The British Employed Official War Painters in Both World Wars
Between 1939 and 1945 the War Artists Advisory Committee purchased about 6,000 pieces of art from over 400 artists
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World War II Just Took Another Life As Relic Bomb Explodes
An old bomb just killed one and injured eight in Germany
How the Monuments Men Saved Italy’s Treasures
As Allied Forces fought the Nazis for control of Europe, an unlikely unit of American and British art experts waged a shadow campaign
For 40 Years, This Russian Family Was Cut Off From All Human Contact, Unaware of World War II
In 1978, Soviet geologists prospecting in the wilds of Siberia discovered a family of six, lost in the taiga
Hiroshima, U.S.A.
In 1950, a popular magazine depicted what an atomic bomb would do to New York City—in gruesome detail
The Monocled World War II Interrogator
Robin "Tin Eye" Stephens became known for "breaking" captured German spies without laying a hand on them
Minter’s Ring: The Story of One World War II POW
When excavators in Inchon, Korea discovered a U.S. naval officer's ring, they had no knowledge of the pain associated with its former owner, Minter Dial
Capturing Warsaw at the Dawn of World War II
As German bombs began falling on Poland in 1939, an American photographer made a fateful decision
German POWs on the American Homefront
Thousands of World War II prisoners ended up in mills, farm fields and even dining rooms across the United States
Finding One’s Way Through War-Torn Waters
A small compass that guided a lifeboat full of World War II seamen to safety goes on display at the Museum of American History
Five Rescuers of Those Threatened by the Holocaust
Righteous good Samaritans came from across the world to save Jews and others from concentration camps
Before Email, There Was V-mail
A history of the method used to transmit letters during World War II
A Brief History of the Amber Room
Dubbed the "Eighth Wonder of the World," the room that once symbolized peace was stolen by Nazis then disappeared for good
In the Event of War
How the Smithsonian protected its "strange animals, curious creatures" and more
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