Chakka-Chhh: The Hidden History of View-Master
William Gruber made one of the definitive toys of the 20th century. He also thought Hitler was a pretty solid guy.
William Gruber made one of the definitive toys of the 20th century. He also thought Hitler was a pretty solid guy.
The initiative coincides with the birthday of Anne Frank.
They were discovered by an organization dedicated to documenting sunken WWII planes.
After serving in the Army, Victor Lundy went on to become a successful architect.
The saga began in 1941, when Nazis raided the bank vault of a Jewish family living in Southern France.
The 61-page document contains thoughts on Stalin, Hitler, and Kennedy's political ambitions.
The forgotten story of 3 million women who dropped everything to help out on American farms.
Alan Turing broke the Enigma code. What was broken in the Enigma system itself?
In 1938, a British stockbroker heard that Jewish families in Czechoslovakia were desperate to get their children out of the country before Nazis invaded. Faced with an enormous amount of red tape, he decided to take matters into his own hands.
In 1943, the Girl Scouts brought terrible news to the homefront.
A desperate group of doctors in Italy saved dozens of Jews during World War II by simply inventing a disease.
The discovery started out as a school assignment.
The family may have been discovered in the course of an unrelated investigation.
On the 75th anniversary of the attack, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) will provide a live stream of their briny, barnacled remains to viewers online, Live Science reports.
The spy agency's cartography center just released a formerly classified selection of intelligence maps dating back to the 1940s.
"If I slept for one hour, 30 people would die." -Adolfo Kaminsky
Some say that in 1940, a secretive coven used a ritual to keep Hitler out of the UK.
The rescue required a dedicated team, some crafty moves, and an ambulance with a stretcher.
The "Olympian of Scoundrelism” told the Nazis he had the occult secrets required to rule the world.
Kokura was the original target, but avoiding devastation may have been more than just random luck.
Many important diaries kept by political leaders and ordinary people during World War II have been digitized or otherwise preserved.
Allied forces had a secret ally: German teen gangs that resisted Hitler's messages, sabotaged their military, and embraced American culture.
Erik Jan Hanussen hosted extravagant Nazi parties, loaned them money, and consulted with Hitler. Then they found out he was Jewish.
Heavy artillery wasn't the only weapon people used to fight the Nazi regime during World War II.