World leaders gathered in Poland for the 80th anniversary of the outbreak of the deadliest conflict in human history.
Tag: World War II (1939-45)
‘First’ Porsche Heads to Auction, and a Record Price Is Expected
Of the three Type 64s planned for construction in the late 1930s in Nazi Germany, just one remains.
The Exhibit Lauded Freedom of Expression. It Was Silenced.
A political battle between Japan and South Korea has spilled into the art world, with the abrupt closing of an exhibit with a statue symbolizing women forced into sexual slavery.
Reading My Grandfather’s Accounts of World War II, 75 Years Later
My grandfather died well before I was born, but his journal felt like a window into a man I had only heard about in passing.
Dutch Railway Will Pay Millions to Holocaust Survivors
The company had set up special trains on behalf of the Nazis to carry Jews and other victims to transit points for deportation to death camps.
The Holocaust Survivor Who Deciphered Nazi Doublespeak
The personal papers of one of World War II’s earliest historians reveal an obsession with how Nazis distorted the German language.
U.K. Tribute to ‘Windrush’ Generation Draws Criticism
Events to honor the people invited from the Caribbean to help rebuild postwar Britain were overshadowed by criticism of their treatment under a migration crackdown.
World War II Planes Can Still Fly, but Who Will Keep Them Flying?
A number of organizations are now training young pilots and engaging students in the art of flying and repairing vintage aircraft.
He Couldn’t Talk About What He Saw in World War II. So He Painted It.
The aristocrat-turned-commando Guy de Montlaur was a hero of the French liberation. His paintings of D-Day depict scenes that haunted him his entire life.
A D-Day Commemoration Decades in the Making
Roughly 14,000 Canadians took part in the Allied invasion of German-occupied France. But observing D-Day’s anniversary is relatively new for Canada.