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80 years ago, American soldiers captured the center of Nazi Germany
The Battle of Nuremberg, one of the last American battles in Europe in World War II, saw the 7th Army engage in days of ...
No one took greater imaginative leaps and risks than Turner – he’s Britain’s greatest artist
It’s 250 years since the birth of this prodigious son of a barber and a wigmaker, but his weather-obsessed, sea-enamoured ...
How the ‘Rochdale Road War’ sparked three decades of Manchester street fights
It was the first time that magistrates in Manchester had encountered the word ‘scuttling’ and in the years and decades that ...
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These Forgotten American “Doughboys” Fought for the British in WWI
The doughboys hated British chow (not to mention drinking tea instead of coffee). They got along better with the Australians, ...
During WWII, Oklahoma's Thunderbirds fought across Europe. Fate led them to Dachau
Gen. George Patton gave the Thunderbirds high praise, saying "the 45th Infantry Division is one of the best, if not the best.
Railways were essential to carrying out the Holocaust – decades later, corporate reckoning continues
Even when companies do not face legal liability, public pressure can help force a reckoning with complicity in genocide, ...
The History Of Mother's Day: Origins, Activism, And Evolution
Know the fascinating history of Mother's Day, from its roots in activism and peace efforts by Ann Reeves Jarvis and Julia Ward Howe to its commercialization and Anna Jarvis's regret.
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Garrison Wiesbaden participates in 80th anniversary of the liberation of Darmstadt
On their way west from France, the U.S. Army liberated numerous towns in the spring of 1945 and cleared the path for the end of World War II.
The forgotten secret Nazi bases in the Arctic. Codename: Nussbaum
The last of Hitler’s army to surrender were stationed in a desolate arctic wasteland—a key vantage point in the little-known ...
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80 years ago: Grand Duchess Charlotte returns from WW2 exile
On 14 April 1945, an American Douglas C-47 brought Grand Duchess Charlotte back to Luxembourg after her exile in London ...
Gustave Caillebotte’s Unusual, Radical Impressionist Men On Tour
Gustave Caillebotte painted men to such an unusual degree when compared to his French Impressionist contemporaries that three ...
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This day in history
1682 – Robert La Salle claimed the lower Mississippi River and all lands that touch it for France. 1770 – Captain James Cook discovered Botany Bay on the Australian continent. 1833 – Peterborough, NH, ...