Princess Michael of Kent (Baroness Marie Christine Anna Agnes Hedwig Ida von Reibnitz), married to Prince Michael of Kent, grandson of Britain's King George V.

1948

Ronnie Van Zant, singer, songwriter; founding member of Lynyrd Skynyrd band.

1982

Prince Alexander of Yugoslavia.

World War II Archives

Time Travel: House of Games

Fire for Effect: The Price of Peace

World War II News

Ben Macintyre’s WWII Reading List

Author of the acclaimed books Operation Mincemeat (2010) and Agent Zigag (2007) shares his favorite books on the war.

World War II News

WWII Dispatches, August 2010

Schindler's list up for auction; Bill Mauldin gets the USPS stamp of approval; a veteran is tougher than he thought.

World War II Conversations

Mag: World War II Personalities

Call of Duty WWII with Historian Marty Morgan

Sledgehammer Games' lead historian and technical adviser Marty Morgan dishes on Call of Duty: WWII and its impact beyond gaming

Mag: World War II Hero

Fire for Effect: Not Their Fight

In America, World War II is a historic event in which those who fought are remembered and honored. But in Italy, it's a war to forget

World War II Weapons Manual

Mag: World War II Featured

Japan’s Nakajima B5N Torpedo Bomber

Though outdated, the Nakajima B5N was Japan's mainstay torpedo bomber

World War II Weapons Manual

America’s Atomic Bombs: Destroyers of Worlds

To end a war that had engulfed the globe, Americans built earthshaking weapons

World War II Time Travel

World War II Time Travel

Big Battle in the Little Town of Golitsyno, Russia

Author Bill Yenne explores the little-known World War II site.

Mag: World War II Featured

World War II Travel: Louisiana Maneuvers

Travel writer Mark D. Van Ells explores Louisiana’s World War II training grounds

World War II War Letters

A U-Boat Commander Shares Memories of His Captor—and Friend

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

Fire for Effect

World War II Conversations

Fire for Effect: Not Their Fight

In America, World War II is a historic event in which those who fought are remembered and honored. But in Italy, it's a war to forget

Mag: World War II Hero

Fire for Effect: Invisible Man Simpson

Skillful, reliable, and able to handle any mission, a guy named Bill Simpson managed to be one of the greatest generals all while avoiding the spotlight.

World War II Web Extras

Mag: World War II Personalities

Advice from Vladimir

The Russian leader's surprising "Reading List"

Mag: World War II Featured

Farragut Photo Exclusive

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

Battle Films

Battle Films

Battle Films: The Caine Mutiny

1954's The Caine Mutiny, one of the classic films in American cinematic history, almost never have made it to the silver screen.

Mag: World War II Featured

Battle Films: Cabaret

Columnist Mark Grimsley examines Cabaret's distinctive perspective on the Nazis' rise to power in Germany

Unknown Soldiers

Finding Her Niche Behind Enemy Lines

Unknown Soldiers

The Engineer Who Greased the P-38 Lightning

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

A Rational German Explains His Respect for Hitler

World War II Their Darkest Hour

A Soviet Strongman Reflects on the Art of Crushing Fear

How Stalin's policies meant the difference between life and death, and not in the way one might think

World War II Features

World War II Features

Fire in the Skies, Ceasefire on the Ground

On August 15, 1945, U.S. Navy aviators fought right to the limit

World War II Features

Conversation with Dick Cole, the Last of the Doolittle Raiders

A conversation with Dick Cole who copiloted the lead B-25 with Doolittle in the famous 1942 raid...

World War II Footlocker

World War II Footlocker

Footlocker: In for a Dollar

Curators at the National World War II Museum solve a reader's question about a wartime banknote with names of battle places written on it

World War II Footlocker

Footlocker: Clash of the Elites–A Mysterious Helmet

Curators at the National World War II Museum solve a reader's question about a mysterious WWII Japanese naval helmet with writing on it.

World War II Reviews

Mag: World War II Featured

Game Review: Axis and Allies Anniversary Edition

Revisiting a classic, game reviewer Chris Ketcherside dives into "Axis and Allies" anniversary edition—a board game well known and loved by many.

Mag: World War II Featured

Book Review: A Dangerous Woman by Susan Ronald

Wealth, night clubs, decadent balls. Author Susan Gould write how socialite Florence Gould had it all—and did anything to keep it when war came to France.

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