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Social HistoryMovie: Winter in WartimePublished: March 30, 2011 at 10:59 am
Winter in Wartime (Oorlogswinter)
Directed by Martin Koolhoven.
2008; opens in the U.S. March 18, 2011.
103 minutes. Black and white, with subtitles.
January 1945: the heart of what the Dutch call Hongerwinter, when nearly 20,000 starved to death after …
Hitler's ViennaPublished: March 30, 2011 at 10:53 am
The former führer dreamed of contributing to the arts of Vienna. Instead, reminders of suffering remain for tourists today.
Timothy Snyder Provides the First Comprehensive Look at Atrocities in Eastern EuropePublished: March 30, 2011 at 10:52 am
"I've been thinking about this for 20 years," says Timothy Snyder, a leading historian of Eastern Europe. "This" is the unspeakable carnage he chronicles in Bloodlands, the first comprehensive overview of the atrocities committed by the Nazis and …
A Forward Artillery Observer Records His Darkest Experiences—So FarPublished: March 30, 2011 at 10:52 am
By September 1944, 23-year-old lieutenant Erwin Blonder had seen enough of war to want to chronicle what he had witnessed—while keeping the news from his wife, Shirlee, and his mother and mother-in-law. In the letter that follows, he describes his …
Zippo Lighter Photo GalleryPublished: March 29, 2011 at 5:57 pm
While the austere Zippo lighter was ubiquitous among GIs during WWII, it became a cultural icon in Vietnam
200th Anniversary of the Map That Made New York CityPublished: March 21, 2011 at 10:44 am
On March 22, 1811, a man, a map, and a far-reaching vision created the plan that would allow New York City to become one of the world's greatest metropolises.
Name Those DolliesPublished: February 09, 2011 at 1:06 pm
More than 600 Red Cross Donut Dollies brought smiles to thousands of GIs in Vietnam
Under the Knife on New GuineaPublished: February 01, 2011 at 4:24 pm
In a hauntingly observant diary, an army surgeon chronicles the bloody toll of battle—including its toll on him.
A German Jew in the U.S. Army Confronts DachauPublished: February 01, 2011 at 4:06 pm
Fritz Schnaittacher came face to face with the horror he escaped from.
The Traitor Who Inspired His CountryPublished: February 01, 2011 at 4:05 pm
Hotzumi Ozaki, the only Japanese to be formally tried and hanged for treason during the war, became a role model for his countrymen.
Combat! Arrives on DVDPublished: February 01, 2011 at 4:04 pm
Relive the longest-running World War II television series.
Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandPublished: February 01, 2011 at 4:03 pm
A page-turning account of survival in the Pacific, but one that's been told before.
Conversation with Madhusree MukerjeePublished: February 01, 2011 at 4:03 pm
The author of Churchill's Secret War discusses the wartime leader's fatal grip on India
'The Greely Expedition' - Duty, Honor and Arctic IcePublished: January 28, 2011 at 2:08 pm
This review of American Experience: The Greely Expedition praises the way filmmaker Rob Rapley subtly utilizes visuals and simple music to tell this story of a promising 19th-century scientific adventure that devolved into loss and despair
What We Owe Jehovah's WitnessesPublished: January 27, 2011 at 5:29 pm
In 1943, Jehovah’s Witnesses went to court over their constitutional right not to pledge allegiance to the United States.
'Germany at War' Encyclopedia - Call for AuthorsPublished: January 18, 2011 at 2:04 pm
A call for writers to contribute to Germany at War, an encyclopedia project by ABC-Clio that covers German military history from the Thirty Years War to today's Bundeswehr.
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