World War II army nurse Jane Boote talks about meeting John Doolittle Raiders, her first time deploying overseas, and what treating war casualties was like

World War II Weapons Manual

Weapons Manual: Night Stalker-The Soviet’s U-2 biplane

World War II's senior editor Paraag Shukla explores the Soviet Union's Polikarpov U-2 biplane, the Night Stalker—used in night raids that terrorized Germans

World War II Weapons Manual

Weapons Manual: Japan’s Type 2 Ka-Mi amphibious tank

The Ka-Mi performed well at sea, but its vulnerability on land undermined its effectiveness.

World War II Time Travel

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Time Travel: the Japanese attack at Fort Stevens, Oregon

In 1942, Fort Stevens, Oregon became the site of a surprise Japanese submarine attack—the first on a mainland U.S military base during the war

World War II Time Travel

Time Travel: Salvation at Dunkirk

Award-winning travel writer James Ullrich revisits a wartime scene of salvation in Dunkirk, France

World War II War Letters

A Deserter Begs Eisenhower to Spare His Life

By Eddie Slovik, the first and only American soldier to be officially executed for desertion since the Civil War

World War II War Letters

A USS Arizona Crewman Longs to be Home for the Holidays

His last letter home before the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Fire for Effect

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Fire for Effect: Toughing It Out in the Japanese Army

The reason to train an army is to beat an enemy in battle—but if you're a Japanese soldier, it might have seemed your army's real purpose was to beat you

Fire for Effect

Fire for Effect: Not Making This Up

"Who knows what else is out there?," writes Rob Citino, head historian of the National WWII Museum. In a war this scope in size, there's always a new story

World War II Web Extras

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Farragut Photo Exclusive

Bonus photos from our Farragut Naval Training Station Time Travel by Jessica Wambach Brown

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Nazi Saboteurs at the Supreme Court

When Germany sent agents to wreak havoc in America, their case went straight to the top

Battle Films

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Battle Films: Rommel (2012)

In 2012 film Rommel, the myth of the famous German general as an apolitical figure falls apart

Battle Films

Battle Films: The Desert Fox

"Battle Films"columnist Mark Grimsley takes on the movie that made the myth behind German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel

Unknown Soldiers

The Photographer Who Took the Navy’s Portrait

Edward Steichen and his unit captured every side of naval life, from card games to storming beaches.

Unknown Soldiers

The Bolshevik Who Believed in Tanks

Mikhail Tukhachevsky's new "deep battle" tank doctrine allowed the Soviets to smash German armor at Kursk and thereafter

World War II Video Gallery

From the Vault of the U.S. National Archives

World War II Video Gallery

Stories from the Northwest

World War II Their Darkest Hour

How Curiosity Killed

A Lithuanian Holocaust perpetrator explains why he murdered Jewish men, women, and children

World War II Their Darkest Hour

The Joy of Killing

A counterintelligence officer explains why she pulled the trigger

World War II Features

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The Man Who Started World War II

Alfred Naujocks was an SS expert in dirty deeds done well, charged with making Poland appear a villain

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Battlefield as Crime Scene: The Japanese Massacre in Manila

In acts of shocking brutality, Japanese soldiers and marines massacred tens of thousands of civilians as American troops advanced into Manila in early 1945