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Tag: World War II (1939-45)
Masamitsu Yoshioka, Last Pearl Harbor Bombardier, Dies at 106
He was 23 years old when he took part in the attack that triggered America’s declaration of war against Japan. He rarely spoke publicly about it.
Donald Sheppard, British D-Day Veteran, Dies at 104
He helped liberate Bergen-Belsen, the Nazi concentration camp where Anne Frank had died.
Switzerland Offers Reward for Ideas to Remove Old Bombs From Its Lakes
Switzerland is offering $58,000 in prize money for ideas to remove munitions from the depths, in case they start polluting. The catch: The cure can’t be worse than the problem.
Macron Honors African Soldiers Who Helped Liberate France in World War II
Two months after D-Day, an Allied force dominated by soldiers conscripted from French colonies swept into southern France. It’s a chapter of its history that France has long obscured.
A Nazi Villa So Tainted Berlin Can’t Give It Away
The former estate of Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, is too expensive to keep and perilous to sell. No one knows quite what to do with it.
A Nazi Villa So Tainted Berlin Can’t Give It Away
The former estate of Joseph Goebbels, the Nazi propaganda minister, is too expensive to keep and perilous to sell. No one knows quite what to do with it.
Jacques Lewis, French Veteran of U.S. Landing on D-Day, Dies at 105
Believed to be the last surviving Frenchman to wade ashore with Americans, he was attached to an Army unit that stormed Utah Beach and helped drive Germans out of France.
How France Blocked the Far Right
The French had a far-right government before, one that collaborated with the Nazis. When casting ballots even today, that is not an easy thing to forget.
‘Crown Jewels of the Jewish People’: Preserving Memories of the Holocaust
With the survivor generation shrinking and antisemitism on the rise around the world, Israel’s Holocaust memorial is stepping up efforts to safeguard its vast collection of artifacts and testimony.