This is a powerful WWII Europe tour of Holocaust-related sites. It's dark at times. It's hard to absorb. But it's necessary. Never Forget.
The nameless Marine stares blankly into the distance, his vacant eyes peeled inhumanly wide. According to the artist, he’s a combat veteran of both the enemy and tropical disease.
In 1939, the Nazi German forces began their occupation of Poland. By 1944, the Russians were advancing from the East and the Allies from the West. The Polish Home Army, Armia Krajowa, was a secret rebel force that had been stockpiling weapons, strategizing, and waiting for the opportune moment to…
I already knew that having children's books on hand is helpful when learning about heavy topics like war, but I was reminded of it again as we studied World War II in our homeschool recently. That's why I'm happy to share some of our favorite World War II books for kids with you today.
Grainy black and white footage from in 1944 shows seven bare-footed women outside a brick house said to be a military-run brothel in Songshan, China, as it was liberated from Japan.
All battles fought in history have depended to a greater extent on the technique of foot soldiers and World War II was no different. Infantry tactics
A WWII Christmas: Food Rationing and Recipes in World War II {Part One}
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I really wish YouTube and the Internet as we know it today existed when I was in high school. So instead of reading textbooks and taking notes in class, I could just watch YouTube videos and Wikipedia entries on any test I had coming up. Seriously, I could have dozed off in class and just watched this animation…
A nonfiction and fiction book tour through the World War II subjects of Auschwitz, Mengele, and the Warsaw Zoo and occupation of Poland.
A WWII Christmas: Food Rationing and Recipes in World War II {Part One}
How the openly bisexual Vogue cover girl — the magazine's first — used her brains and beauty for good.
During the Second World War, the best brains in Britain cracked Germany's encrypted secrets but never broke their own code of silence.
Tracing World War II footsteps of a family member helps you connect with your past. Trace World War II or Korean War service through Europe or Asia.
'Operation Husky' was the codename for the invasion of Sicily in 1943. The Operation began at night of 9/10 July. It was a large amphibious and airborne
The fashion influence of the worlds most photographed woman in her early days as Queen in the 1950's.
Smoke rises from the burning buildings on Ford Island, Pearl Harbor, Oahu Island, after the surprise attack by Japanese forces, which brought America into World War II, 7th December 1941.
1. The Pin Up Girl Bunker March 1944: Hundreds of pictures of pin-up girls adorn the entire wall of this bomber crew shack on Adak Island in the Aleutians in Alaska during World War II. Rare photos from World War II's Forgotten Front, found on TIME/LIFE. 2. The International Flag of Pla
For the third year in a row, we were awoken this past Sunday to the exhilarating sounds of live tuba music, oompah-ing through our bedroom ...
Рингельблюм же недаром рассказывал, что немецкие солдаты толпами шляются по гетто, как будто это их любимая точка культдосуга. Вилли Георг оказался в гетто волею пославшего его начальства. По его словам, командир выдал ему пропуск на один день и приказал фотографировать всё что попало. Вилли Георг…
The Higgins landing craft cannot be overlooked when discussing factors that led to the Allied victory in World War II. Andrew Jackson Higgins created the
The Mauthausen Memorial in Austria offers a sobering look at Nazi terror. Mauthausen concentration camp, located near the Danube River, was one of the Nazis most notorious. It is estimated that of the 190,000 prisoners held at Mauthausen, at least 90,000 died, many violently, horribly.
The carnage and destruction that engulfed the City of Manila when American troops liberated it from the brutal Japanese imperial forces during World War II.
On their way to North Africa, a convoy of the Italian Royal Navy intersected with the fleets of the allied forces of the British Royal Navy and the Royal
Statements made by war criminals from Japan during the Second World War are made publicly available.
Bastogne is a town in Belgium that was the site of major fighting in the Battle of Bulge in December 1944. Trace the battle route in the Ardennes forest.
Learn about the Altaussee Salt Mines that became the storage place of 6500 pieces of Nazi-looted art rescued by the Monuments Men at the end of WWII.
In the course of 10 pictures, we're going to make you feel way better about the fact that you weren't born 100 years earlier.
The brutalities of the Holocaust became widely known in the aftermath of WWII. Some Jews felt that they needed to fight so as to bring about justice.
Stealing information can be just as lucrative--and destructive--as stealing anything else. Our look at the history of data theft touches on some of the major (or just really interesting) crimes in history. The father of the American Industrial Revolution? A glorified data thief. That tea you're drinking (let's say just for the duration of this sentence, you are drinking tea)? That's a stolen secret recipe, the theft of which involved a Scotsman dressed up in "traditional mandarin garb." And if you're a PlayStation Network user or a Gawker commenter, you'll be familiar with some of the latter items on our list. And don't forget to check out the rest of Data Week, our exploration of all things data. Click to launch our guide to the biggest data thefts in history.
New scholarship upgrades America’s view on accepting Jews.
Here's my guide to visiting the historic World War II and Nazi sites in Nuremberg Germany, for history buffs and WWII aficionados. No other city in Germany is more intertwined with the Nazi legacy than Nuremberg. The Nazis went to great lengths to leave their stamp on the city, renovating the architecture and designed their massive and grandiose party rally grounds. In Nuremberg, you can stand in the exact spot where Hitler whipped the masses into a frenzy with his faux populism and propaganda.
Historical fiction fans will devour these tales of courage and heroism during wartime.
Improve your homeschooling history lessons on World War II with these free printable worksheets, vocabulary lists, crosswords, and coloring pages.
Many of us use a curriculum to teach history, but using literature to teach history can be a great teaching tool. I am continuing this history literature series with some of the best books to teach about World War II. Using literature to teach history illuminates the time period, helps integrate the history curriculum, and enriches social studies. With my love for literature and history, it only makes sense to combine the two so I have gathered some of my favorite books that teach about World War II in elementary school.
Women are often the forgotten heroes of the 20th century’s two World Wars. Unable to fight directly, they were left to mind the home fires, going about their daily lives or involved in auxiliary work. But it was their position at home that made them best placed to resist and sabotage…
Berlin is a wonderfully diverse and dynamic city and, for a tourist with an interest in history, there are plenty of WWII and Cold War sites to visit. #Berlin #Germany #WWII #ColdWar #c2cgroup
It was a period in World War II which left deep scars in the cityscape of Swansea for decades to follow. Now a book explores what the Swansea’s blitz was like for a child living through the frightening bombing raids
