When Germany Planned to Airdrop Fake Money to Take Down Great Britain in World War II
To make the banknotes, Nazis relied on forced labor from artists, bankers, and known forgers being held captive in concentration camps.
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.
It was shot down by a Polish pilot in 1944.
The Italian dictator was very fond of 'Les Misérables.'
Nearly 600 works of Nazi propaganda are tucked away under lock and key at Fort Belvoir.
A reporter coined the name.
The pioneering aviator refused to celebrate Mother's Day.
It's the first program of its kind in the U.S.
It reads "Éire"—the country's name in Irish.
It takes place after the liberation of Paris, in which Hemingway himself played a role.
Gunter Demnig's Stolpersteine, the most startling memorial to the Holocaust, may also be the easiest to miss.
The hoard would have been worth a fortune in the 1940s.
Project Recover tracked down aircraft in a bay near Papua New Guinea.
She's described in her official file as “officious—but probably a good worker if she has her own way!”
The birth of the backyard patio can be traced back to World War II.
Anne covered them up herself while in hiding during World War II.
In 1942, the Air Force allowed women to fly planes due to a pilot shortage. Then the government forgot all about them.
The village of Kåfjord is still feeling the effects of World War II.