WORLD WAR TWO

Pope Francis Will Unseal Documents Revealing the Vatican Response to the Holocaust

Pius XII has long been criticized for what some have deemed an insufficient response to the atrocities committed against people of the Jewish faith during World War II. New insight from the Vatican's archives could change that.

Portrait of detainnee Tom Kobayashi at Manzanar War Relocation Center, Owens Valley, California, 1943

12 Facts About Japanese Incarceration in the United States

On February 19, 1942, FDR sanctioned the removal of Japanese immigrants and Americans of Japanese heritage from their homes to be imprisoned in camps throughout the country.

A Designer Turned Her Grandparents's World War II-Era Love Letters Into Jewelry

Instead of safekeeping her grandparents’s old love letters in a ribbon-tied shoebox, Meghan Coomes turns them into heirloom accessories.

15 Things You Didn't Know About Coco Chanel

Mademoiselle Coco Chanel built one of the most iconic brands in the world—and a LBD with a spritz of Chanel No. 5 is still considered fashion <em>du jour</em>.

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When Germany Planned to Airdrop Fake Money to Take Down Great Britain in World War II

To make the banknotes, Nazis relied on forced labor from artists, bankers, and known forgers being held captive in concentration camps.

The Time the U.S. Government Banned Sliced Bread

During World War II, even America's "greatest thing" wasn't safe.

6 Fast Facts About Nelly Sachs

The Nobel Prize-winning poet, who escaped the Holocaust, is the subject of today's Google Doodle.

More Than 75 Years Later, Remains of Pearl Harbor Sailors Are Being Returned to Their Homes

Advances in DNA technology have made it possible to identify previously unknown victims.

Lady Death: Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the Greatest Female Sniper of All Time

With 309 confirmed kills, she became a heroic figure to the Soviets—but the American media didn't know what to make of her.

Schindler's List Is Returning to Theaters for Its 25th Anniversary

"This is maybe the most important time to re-release this film," director Steven Spielberg said.

The Story of Siwash, the Beer-Drinking Duck Who Joined the Marines

The story of how a swashbuckling duck became a sergeant with honors in the United States Marine Corps.

A Letter Written by Albert Einstein in 1922 Predicted the Rise of the Nazis

“I am doing quite well, in spite of all the anti-Semites among my German colleagues," he reassured his sister.

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Wreckage of a World War II Nazi 'Flying Bomb' Found in English Forest

It was shot down by a Polish pilot in 1944.

13 Facts About Benito Mussolini

The Italian dictator was very fond of 'Les Misérables.'

Art Curator Sarah Forgey shows Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal four watercolors by Adolf Hitler at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

How Hitler's Watercolor Paintings Ended Up at a Military Base in Virginia

Nearly 600 works of Nazi propaganda are tucked away under lock and key at Fort Belvoir.

10 Things You Might Not Know About The Battle Of The Bulge

A reporter coined the name.

11 Things You Might Not Know About Charles Lindbergh

The pioneering aviator refused to celebrate Mother's Day.

National WWII Museum and Arizona State University Have Teamed Up to Offer a World War II Master's Degree Program

It's the first program of its kind in the U.S.

Dublin in 1941 after being struck by German bombs

Aftermath of Massive Fire in Ireland Reveals Hidden WWII Sign

It reads "Éire"—the country's name in Irish.

62 Years After It Was Written, a Hemingway Story Gets Published for the First Time

It takes place after the liberation of Paris, in which Hemingway himself played a role.

Stolpersteine: One Artist's International Memorial to the Holocaust

Gunter Demnig's Stolpersteine, the most startling memorial to the Holocaust, may also be the easiest to miss.

$2.5 Million in World War II-Era Cash Discovered Beneath Winston Churchill's Former Tailor's Shop

The hoard would have been worth a fortune in the 1940s.

A World War II Bomber Lost with 11 Servicemembers Has Been Found After 74 Years

Project Recover tracked down aircraft in a bay near Papua New Guinea.

Bea Arthur: Golden Girl, U.S. Marine

She's described in her official file as “officious—but probably a good worker if she has her own way!”

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