American liberators of Nazi camps got ‘a lifelong vaccine against extremism’ − their wartime experiences are a warning for today
A historian of the Mauthausen concentration camp says US troops and the Spanish antifascists they freed were united in a ...
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On This Day in 1941 Nazi Germany Invades Greece
It was April 6, 1941 when Germany launched a massive attack on Greece's northern border after Italy failed to capture the ...
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Italy’s Macchi C.202 Folgore Was a Great WWII Plane. Why Has No One Ever Heard of It?
The Folgore’s lightweight construction (weighing around 5,500 pounds) and responsive handling earned it praise from its ...
How Black paratroopers saved the US from Japan’s WWII firebombs
Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was ...
WWII soldier Sgt. Edward Kovaleski to be laid to rest at Arlington
WWII soldier Sgt. Edward Kovaleski, a Southbridge native, will be buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery after his remains were identified.
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‘PATHETIC’ Europe may finally be waking up from its military slumber
When European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled a plan to spend billions more on defense, called “ReArm ...
Southern Colorado soldier's WWII sacrifice remembered in Italy 80 years after his death
Paul Valdez and seven other U.S. soldiers were killed by Germans on April 13, 1944, but their memories live on in a Central ...
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ICIJ member’s new book explores unexamined but influential WWII spy
Thomas Maier’s latest release, “The Invisible Spy,” revisits the cinematic life of real-life U.S. intelligence officer Ernest ...
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Italy remembers Ardeatine Caves massacre on 81st anniversary
Italy on Monday marked the 81th anniversary of the Ardeatine Caves massacre by the Nazis during World War II. On March 24, 1944, 335 Italians were executed by Nazi officers in a reprisal for a ...
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I moved to Italy once at 20 and again at 30. The second time, I entered with a new approach that made all the difference.
Here's what I did during my first trip and what I did differently the second time that made all the difference. My first tip to Italy just felt like I was visiting At 20 years old, I was living in ...
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Why supposedly state-of-the-art American warship built by Italians risks humiliating the US Navy
Fincantieri Marinette Marine, an American arm of the storied Italian shipbuilder ... and archaic equipment - some of it pre-World War II - make that a tall order. A recent McKinsey report found ...