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Hard-hitting WWII film hailed as 'one of the greatest ever made' before release
1+ hour, 55+ min ago (587+ words) It's not even out yet, but already a new World War II film has been described as potentially "one of the greatest ever made.' Set for release in cinemas later this year, the film is set during the 72 hours before…...
8 US WWII Battleships That Are Now Museums
2+ hour, 28+ min ago (1123+ words) From heroic service in World War II to operations in the Middle East, these vessels fought across the world and are now anchored as permanent museums. - Battleships, once the dominant naval powerhouses, have become obsolete due to the rise of…...
How a local family is reshaping the Albuquerque Sunport
2+ hour, 43+ min ago (1480+ words) Not many people know the Albuquerque International Sunport as well as Lenny Fresquez, who puts in about 7,000 steps walking the airport every day. "Sometimes I wonder how many miles I have on that brick over 30 years," he said. Lenny Fresquez…...
This Week in History: From a ‘bizarre’ spy swap to wartime secrets
3+ hour, 54+ min ago (131+ words) Explore how major events were captured on The Independent's front pages Explore how major events were captured on The Independent's front pages In Britain, newly released files reveal a wartime Nazi spy network operating on home soil " and a cunning…...
Operation Highjump was one of the military's coldest missions to date
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (903+ words) Conspiracy theorists speculate they were looking for escaped Nazis, or even UFOs. The post Operation Highjump was one of the military's coldest missions to date appeared first on We Are The Mighty. With polar temperatures dipping into the Southern U.S. every…...
‘Keffiyehs in Buchenwald’? Protest Planned at Nazi Concentration Camp on Liberation Day
7+ hour, 23+ min ago (379+ words) A planned protest at the Buchenwald concentration camp memorial on the anniversary of its liberation is igniting backlash in Germany for a simple reason: Activists intend to turn a Holocaust commemoration into a contemporary political demonstration. The date is not…...
Column: World War II vet Richard Williams remembered for poetry and patriotism
9+ hour, 12+ min ago (958+ words) Attempting to condense the life of the late Stanley Richard Williams Jr. in a column is no easy task. For one thing, the longtime Aurora resident who died Jan. 25 just a few months shy of his 100th birthday had lived many…...
Delayed justice: Argentina's secret Nazi files expose costly inaction in pursuit of war criminals
9+ hour, 13+ min ago (1168+ words) U.S. Ambassador Mike Waltz says the United Nations has an "atrocious history" on antisemitism and urges institutional change. Argentina's cache of declassified files tracking Nazi criminals who fled to South America after World War II offers new insight into how the…...
Mara Fass/review | 'Keeper of Lost Children' explores the 'Black Baby Plan' during WWII
9+ hour, 23+ min ago (262+ words) Sophia Clark is delighted to receive a scholarship to a distinguished private school in Maryland after spending her childhood toiling tirelessly on a farm for a demanding and emotionally distant mother " even if the year is 1965 and she'll be one…...
Living history: memorial honors history and USS South Dakota returning home
16+ hour, 28+ min ago (663+ words) SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The USS South Dakota has returned from deployment this week and is back in the state of Connecticut at Naval Submarine Base New London. The end of a six-month deployment means the crew of 130 sailors…...