President Trump joined other world leaders at a ceremony on the eve of the 75th anniversary of the D-Day operation. He will travel to Ireland later today.
Tag: World War II (1939-45)
Louis Levi Oakes, Last of the Mohawk Code Talkers, Dies at 94
Native American soldiers like Mr. Oakes helped Allied forces prevail in World War II with an impenetrable code based on indigenous languages.
What Happened After P.G. Wodehouse Was Captured During World War II
The beloved British humorist — the creator of Wooster and Jeeves — was arrested by the Germans in 1940 and spent the remainder of the war in custody. Here’s how his story unspooled in The Times.
100 Years of Memorial Day Commemorations
The Times’s At War editor digs through the archives, looking at Memorial Day coverage dating back to World War I.
Canada Letter: Canada’s Jewish Veterans and a Broader View of War
A profile of two Jewish Canadian World War II veterans is one example of the evolving scope of war coverage at The New York Times
At War: These Jewish World War II Veterans Would Be Legends, if People Knew Their Stories
An estimated 17,000 Jewish Canadians fought in World War II. Many of their stories have never been told, including my grandfather’s.
Survival of the throne: Episode one: Japan Would Make Akihito Emperor, but She Called Him ‘Jimmy’
An American teacher taught the young prince he would never be a god. But he just might help heal his country.
Survival of the throne: episode two: The Long Shadows of a Failed War
A Japanese royal sought to make peace with the lands his country had once conquered. But at home, too, there were fences to mend.
Survival of the throne: Episode one: His Father Was Called a God. She Called Him ‘Jimmy.’
Prince Akihito would never wield the power of Japanese emperors of old. But he just might help heal his country.
Belarus Building Site Yields the Bones of 1,214 Holocaust Victims
Activists, who say the city knew about the mass grave for slaughtered Jews, ask why a permit was issued.