While paying tribute to veterans, the president said little about the institutions built after World War II that are fraying under populist movements.
Tag: World War II (1939-45)
D-Day in Photos: Heroes of a More Certain Time
As the number of surviving veterans dwindles, the old pillars of trans-Atlantic certainty have begun to tremble.
D-Day Remembrance: Trump Mixes Solemnity With Swipes at Mueller and Pelosi
After the president’s three-day state visit to Britain, world leaders commemorated the World War II operation in northern France.
D-Day in Photos: Heroes of a More Certain Time
As the number of surviving veterans dwindles, the old pillars of trans-Atlantic certainty have begun to tremble.
Semyon Rozenfeld, Last Known Survivor of Death Camp Escape, Dies at 96
Mr. Rozenfeld escaped the Sobibor camp in Poland in 1943 along with about 300 other prisoners. He was among fewer than 60 who survived the war.
Learning What Vets Could Not Tell: What They Did in World War II
Seventy-five years after D-Day, families of veterans who never spoke about the war are turning to professional researchers to piece their stories together from military records.
Overlooked No More: Alan Turing, Condemned Code Breaker and Computer Visionary
His ideas led to early versions of modern computing and helped win World War II. Yet he died as a criminal for his homosexuality.
Day 3 of Trump’s U.K. Visit: A D-Day Ceremony With World Leaders
President Trump joined other world leaders at an event on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the wartime operation on the final leg of his three-day state visit to Britain.
‘Archaeology of D-Day’ Aims to Preserve What the Soldiers Left Behind
For the past 10 years, a cadre of field researchers in France has been digging up, documenting and cataloging the physical remains of the Normandy invasion.
The Man Who Told America the Truth About D-Day
Ernie Pyle’s dispatches offered comfort to readers back home. Then the Normandy landings — 75 years ago this week — changed his perspective on the war’s costs.