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The Japan Times15h
Emperor and empress mourn Japanese who died in Mongolia
It is the first time that a Japanese emperor has mourned at a site where Japanese people were detained abroad, according to the Imperial Household Agency.
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The Grim End of Germany's European Volunteers, Last Days World War II
Thousands of European volunteers who had joined the Waffen SS found themselves abandoned, surrounded, and left with nowhere ...
World War II veteran from Minnesota reflects on return to POW camp in Poland
Minnesota World War II veteran Les Schrenk recently got a chance to visit the former POW camp in Poland where he was held ...
A Lifetime After Fleeing the Nazis, They Tell Their Stories
Thousands of Jewish children fled to Britain and other European countries in the 1938-39 rescue mission known as the ...
Patriotism, per capita: 6 tiny towns where it 'always' feels like the Fourth
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, is "home to some of the most pivotal moments in American history," the bloody Civil War battle, a ...
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World War II Veterans: The G.I. Bill & Post-War America
The film discusses the historical context of returning World War II veterans and the challenges they faced after the war. It ...
Smithsonian Magazine6d
How a Deadly Circus Fire on the ‘Day the Clowns Cried’ Traumatized a Community—and Led to Lasting Safety Reforms
On July 6, 1944, a blaze broke out at a Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey show in Hartford, Connecticut. At least 167 ...