Horrors Spawned More Horrors When American Troops Entered Dachau
Was the execution of German guards at the infamous concentration camp a war crime, a reaction to trauma, or vigilante justice?
A Bloody Assault on Angaur Island Proved the Folly of “Mopping Up” Operations
In late 1944, a now-forgotten battle led to some of the Pacific War's most doomed and wasteful clashes against the Japanese.
The French Village of Saint-Marcel Bears the Scars of One Dark Day
As the Allies fought their way inland from Normandy’s beaches in 1944, French fighters in Brittany distracted German forces by launching a guerrilla campaign codenamed “Operation Dingson.”
‘Did Winston Churchill’s American Party Guests Not Know Where Pearl Harbor Was?’
Here's what really unfolded at Chequers, Winston Churchill's country estate, following Japan's surprise attack on America's Hawaiian naval base on December 7, 1941.
The Famed American Aviatrix Secretly on the Nazi Payroll
As World War II neared, Laura Ingalls took to the skies in the name of U.S. isolationism—and in support of Nazi Germany.
Could a Young Army Pilot Have Prevented the Pearl Harbor Tragedy?
A fateful day—and question—shadowed Kermit Tyler all his life.
Could Scientists Ever Clone Hitler?
"The Boys from Brazil" (1978) stars Gregory Peck as Dr. Josef Mengele, biding his time in South America with plans to replicate Adolf Hitler and launch a Fourth Reich.
This German-Jewish Refugee Fought the Nazis as a ‘Ritchie Boy’
Today Paul Fairbrook can freely speak about his time at Camp Ritchie, once known only to World War II intelligence analysts and interrogators as "P.O. Box 1142."
Found: A Navy ID Bracelet With a Mysterious Past
How did a member of the Texas "T-Patchers" 36th Infantry Division acquire the ID bracelet of a sailor serving on the other side of the world?
Largely Destroyed in World War II, the Polish City of Szczecin Thrives Today
In June 1938, Adolf Hitler paid a visit to the then-German city, a stronghold of the Nazi movement.
Selma Van De Perre: BBC Journalist, Dutch Resistance Fighter, and Ravensbrück Survivor
In her debut memoir, "My Name is Selma," Van de Perre recounts sabotaging the Nazis—and enduring the Holocaust.
Mildred Harnack Lost Her Life to Hitler—And Her Legacy to the Cold War
Convicted of treason and beheaded on the Führer's order, Harnack was an American at the center of the resistance. So why isn't she better known?
Trench Art 101: How Servicemen Turned Trash Into Treasure During World War II
The National WWII Museum's latest special exhibit, "SOLDIER | ARTIST: Trench Art in World War II," is on view through January 2, 2022.
An Ode to the P-51 Mustang
With extra fuel tanks in the fuselage and two disposable auxiliary drop tanks under each wing, a Mustang could fly 1,650 miles without refueling. And that, reflects columnist James Holland, was a game-changer.
This Tiny Bowl From Hiroshima Has a Big Story to Tell
Bearing evidence of atomic flash burn, the bowl—just 2 3/4 inches in diameter—was a recognizable piece of humanity amid total destruction.
American Subs Were a Far More Lethal Force in the Pacific War Than Previously Known
New research shows that U.S. Navy submarines claimed a huge number of Japanese lives, along with Allied POWs and slave laborers transported by the Japanese.
