11 Facts About the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Find out more about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, from the first soldier ever interred in it to the rigorous process of guarding it.
Find out more about the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, from the first soldier ever interred in it to the rigorous process of guarding it.
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The romantic gesture was a tribute to the heroism of their husbands-to-be who served in World War II.
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This video from 1941 shows Anne Frank less than a year before her family was forced into hiding to avoid Nazi persecution.
“Lucky” Luciano and Meyer Lansky took New York’s underworld undercover during World War II—and Luciano did it all from prison.
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Doris Miller was stationed on the USS 'West Virginia' when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Despite being prohibited from gunnery training due to his race, Miller ended up saving an untold number of lives.
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Frieda Belinfante realized she wasn’t destined to be a part of the orchestra—she was meant to lead it. But the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands during World War II put her career on hold.
At the Citadel Museum in Germany, monuments to oppressive figures and regimes are displayed in a different context than what was originally intended.
As the United States plunged into the second World War, newspapers fought fake news amid fears of Nazi propaganda efforts.