World War II
The Last Crew Member Who Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima Died
Theodore "Dutch" Van Kirk said he never regretted his involvement in the bombing
After WWII, Japan Made One of the World's Strongest Commitments to Military Pacifism—Which It's Now Going to Soften
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is trying to rejigger Japan's long-standing commitment to pacificism
The Last Navajo Code Talker Has Died
Chester Nez played an instrumental role in World War II
Why a Walk Along the Beaches of Normandy Is the Ideal Way to Remember D-Day
Follow in the footsteps of legendary reporter Ernie Pyle to get a real feel for the events that took place 70 years ago
This Once-Secret Island Now Hosts Hordes of Adorable Bunnies
Now home to hundreds of semi-tame bunnies, the island once housed poison gas facilities
This Italian Cyclist Defied Fascists and Saved Lives
The world didn’t learn about the heroism of Gino Bartali during WWII until after he died in 2000
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
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