Public Can Lay Flowers on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for the First Time in 100 Years
For the first time in nearly 100 years, members of the public will be able to lay flowers directly in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Colin Firth to Star as MI5 Agent Who Concocted One of the Most Extraordinary Deceptions of WWII — Operation MINCEMEAT
The film follows MI5 agents and their hairbrained scheme in which they use a British cadaver to bamboozle the Germans in the lead up to the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943
Fighting Phantoms: French Town to Honor America’s WWII ‘Ghost Army’
This unique and top-secret unit was capable of simulating two whole divisions — approximately 30,000 men — during battle
Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Reframing the Narrative
In recent years there has been a growing push to give a more complete and accurate recounting of American history
Researchers Hunt for Soldiers’ Graves at Montana’s Rosebud Battlefield
With much of the battlefield remaining largely unchanged over the next 145 years, a team of researchers conducted a survey last week trying to find those nine men
Germany Agrees to Pay an Additional $767 Million to Holocaust Survivors
Germany has agreed to allot first-time pensions for victims of the Holocaust who survived the Siege of Leningrad
Anti-Semitic Graffiti Found Spray-Painted on Barracks at Auschwitz-Birkenau
The vandalism was discovered on October 5 on the wooden barracks in Sector Blla of the Auschwitz II-Birkenau site — the largest subcamp of the complex
A 96-Year-Old Female Defendant Just Went on the Run to Avoid Trial for Nazi War Crimes
German police arrested 96-year-old Irmgard Furchner after she fled in a taxi prior to her scheduled trial
The Slowest Heist in History: The Hijacking of Alexander the Great’s Body
Ptolemy — the governor of Egypt — hatched an audacious plan of stealing the gold-plated sarcophagus right out from under his archrival
The Dancing Plague of 1518: History’s Oddest Epidemic
That time the city of Strasbourg nearly danced itself to death
The Stories Behind Five Iconic World War II Images
Next to soldiers, sailors, and Marines, war photographers were there in the jungles, deserts, streets, and snow to capture not only the devastation that the war wrought, but the victories as well
Betty Reid Soskin, America’s Oldest Park Ranger, Turns 100
“When I became a ranger I was taking back my own history"
Christopher Nolan Set to Direct Film on J. Robert Oppenheimer — the ‘father of the atomic bomb’
Nolan’s upcoming film on Oppenheimer will once again move the director firmly into the territory of historical dramas
Famed Buffalo Soldiers Honored at West Point With Statue
From 1907 until 1947 Buffalo Soldiers, known for their exceptional horsemanship, taught white cadets riding skills and tactics at the West Point Military Academy
How Doc Martens Went from WWII Discards to Everyone’s Favorite Grunge Boot
The original black Dr. Marten boot traces its roots back to World War II, when Klaus Märtens, then a 25-year-old doctor in the German army, injured his ankle skiing
This WWII Vet Kept a ‘Thank You for Your Service’ Letter for Over 10 Years. This Summer He Finally Met Its Author
“Before I close my eyes I have to find her. I have to find her," Frank Grasberger repeatedly told his wife
