World War II

Poland's main ruling party leader Jaroslaw Kaczynski is pictured.

Poland orders Germany pay $1.3 trillion in World War II reparations

Luke Gentile · September 2, 2022 6:29 pm

Magazine - Life & Arts

Escaping Auschwitz

Michael M. Rosen · August 26, 2022 3:00 am

New York museums required to put signs next to art looted by Nazis

Victor I. Nava · August 23, 2022 10:13 am

Months of drought expose sunken WWII German warships in Danube

Brady Knox · August 19, 2022 5:48 pm

Magazine - Life & Arts

Werner Herzog, debut novelist

Varad Mehta · August 19, 2022 3:00 am

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting via a video conference link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, outside Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022. The Russian government announced this week that the title of "Mother Heroine" will be awarded to Russian women who "birth and raise" 10 Russian citizens, reviving the reward given to mothers of 10 or more children given in Russia before the Soviet Union's fall in 1991. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Russia reviving Soviet-era reward of giving $16,000 to women with 10 children

Asher Notheis · August 18, 2022 9:12 pm

A WWII bomb was destroyed on Sunday after being found last month due to low water levels cause by an extreme drought in Italy. (Photo by Nicola Ciancaglini/Ciancaphoto Studio/Getty Images)

Italy safely detonates World War II bomb discovered in Po river

Misty Severi · August 8, 2022 7:30 pm

Hitler’s watch auctioned off for well below asking price

Jenny Goldsberry · July 30, 2022 4:56 pm

Capt. Kenneth Castleman administers the oath of allegiance to the first intake of trainee officer candidates of the United States Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve), better known as the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), to begin training for the women's service on Sept. 7, 1942, at the U.S. Naval Training Station at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts.

Female World War II veteran celebrates 100th birthday

Julia Johnson · July 24, 2022 10:00 am

Remains of 8,000 killed by Nazis found in Polish mass graves

Victor I. Nava · July 15, 2022 10:27 am

Last surviving WWII Medal of Honor recipient to lie at Capitol this week

Mike Brest · July 13, 2022 2:38 pm

This June 6, 1944, file photo shows American soldiers of the Allied Expeditionary Force securing a beachhead during initial landing operations at Normandy, France, June 6, 1944. From the first sketchy German radio broadcast to the distribution of images filmed in color, it has taken decades for the full story of the D-Day invasion to come out. As world leaders and veterans prepare to mark the 70th anniversary of the invasion this week, multiple Twitter hashtags are following the ceremonies minute by minute. At the time, the reporting, filming and taking of photos was neither easy nor straightforward. (AP Photo/Weston Haynes, File)

Beltway Confidential

Commemorating Operation Charnwood, a forgotten military campaign of the Normandy invasion

Christopher Tremoglie · July 8, 2022 1:21 am