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Lieutenant Colonel Robert Friend, one of the remaining original members of the Tuskegee Airmen—the first group of African-American pilots to serve in the U.S. military—passed away at 99 years old on June 21.

In the 1970s, Otto Frank took up correspondence with a pen pal from California. His letters reveal his thoughts on his daughter Anne's legacy and his determination to keep her memory alive.

American writer, journalist, and feminist Dorothy Thompson in London in 1941

After this crusading reporter was kicked out of Germany, she continued her anti-Nazi coverage at home.

Charles Gomez Jr. was 20 years old when he was killed in the Pearl Harbor attacks. On what would have been his 97th birthday, he was finally buried at home.

Steven Spielberg's Oscar-winning WWII drama—which arrived in theaters more than 20 years ago—came together in a single day.

Anne Frank wrote the letters to her grandmother up to 1941: the year before she and her family went into hiding and she started her famous diary.

Decades after John W. Hayes died in World War II, his remains were discovered in a Belgian American military cemetery.

Emilia Clarke stars as Daenerys Targaryen in a scene from Game of Thrones's series finale

Emilia Clarke took inspiration from real-life rulers while preparing to play Daenerys Targaryen in 'Game of Thrones.' Including Hitler.

During World War II, the Marine Corps turned to the Navajos and their complex language to create a code no one could crack.

Built in the 1940s to provide bomb shelter for an airplane engine factory during World War II, the Drakelow Tunnels have become a destination for people looking for paranormal activity.

Pius XII has long been criticized for what some have deemed an insufficient response to the atrocities committed against people of the Jewish faith during World War II. New insight from the Vatican's archives could change that.

Portrait of detainnee Tom Kobayashi at Manzanar War Relocation Center, Owens Valley, California, 1943

On February 19, 1942, FDR sanctioned the removal of Japanese immigrants and Americans of Japanese heritage from their homes to be imprisoned in camps throughout the country.

Mademoiselle Coco Chanel built one of the most iconic brands in the world—and a LBD with a spritz of Chanel No. 5 is still considered fashion <em>du jour</em>.

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To make the banknotes, Nazis relied on forced labor from artists, bankers, and known forgers being held captive in concentration camps.

During World War II, even America's "greatest thing" wasn't safe.

The Nobel Prize-winning poet, who escaped the Holocaust, is the subject of today's Google Doodle.

Advances in DNA technology have made it possible to identify previously unknown victims.

With 309 confirmed kills, she became a heroic figure to the Soviets—but the American media didn't know what to make of her.

"This is maybe the most important time to re-release this film," director Steven Spielberg said.

The story of how a swashbuckling duck became a sergeant with honors in the United States Marine Corps.

“I am doing quite well, in spite of all the anti-Semites among my German colleagues," he reassured his sister.

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It was shot down by a Polish pilot in 1944.

The Italian dictator was very fond of 'Les Misérables.'

Art Curator Sarah Forgey shows Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal four watercolors by Adolf Hitler at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

Nearly 600 works of Nazi propaganda are tucked away under lock and key at Fort Belvoir.

WORLD WAR II

Robert Friend, One of the Last Surviving Tuskegee Airmen, Dies at 99

Letters by Otto Frank, Anne Frank's Father, Are Being Digitized for the First Time

Dorothy Thompson, the Journalist Who Warned the World About Adolf Hitler

Navy Sailor Who Was Killed During Pearl Harbor Is Finally Laid to Rest, 77 Years Later, On His 97th Birthday

15 Fascinating Facts About Saving Private Ryan

Anne Frank's Letters From Early World War II to Be Published in Full for the First Time

Remains of World War II Soldier From Texas Finally Identified Nearly 75 Years After His Death

Emilia Clarke Watched Videos of Ruthless Dictators for Game of Thrones Role

Fighting Words: The Navajo Code Talkers of World War II

Hidden Labyrinth: England's Drakelow Tunnels

Pope Francis Will Unseal Documents Revealing the Vatican Response to the Holocaust

12 Facts About Japanese Incarceration in the United States

15 Things You Didn't Know About Coco Chanel

When Germany Planned to Airdrop Fake Money to Take Down Great Britain in World War II

The Time the U.S. Government Banned Sliced Bread

6 Fast Facts About Nelly Sachs

More Than 75 Years Later, Remains of Pearl Harbor Sailors Are Being Returned to Their Homes

Lady Death: Lyudmila Pavlichenko, the Greatest Female Sniper of All Time

Schindler's List Is Returning to Theaters for Its 25th Anniversary

The Story of Siwash, the Beer-Drinking Duck Who Joined the Marines

A Letter Written by Albert Einstein in 1922 Predicted the Rise of the Nazis

Wreckage of a World War II Nazi 'Flying Bomb' Found in English Forest

13 Facts About Benito Mussolini

How Hitler's Watercolor Paintings Ended Up at a Military Base in Virginia