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'I Have Only One More Test to Pass.' The Enduring Message of the Last Letters From WWII's Captured French Resisters

By Ronald C. Rosbottom / History News Network

Hundreds of Strangers Rallied for This WWII Vet's Funeral

By Raisa Bruner

How Real 'Rosie the Riveters' Discovered a Wartime California Dream

By Samuel Redman, University of Massachusetts Amherst / The Conversation

Historians Still Have a Lot to Learn About Adolf Hitler. Here’s Why

By Thomas Weber
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The Hidden Risk Faced by Female Pilots During World War II

A new Audible documentary narrated by Martin Sheen explores the story of female pilots who faced sabotage attempts during World War II

By Olivia B. Waxman

After the Bomb

After The Bomb Survivors of the Atomic Blasts in Hiroshima and Nagasaki share their stories Photographs by HARUKA SAKAGUCHI | Introduction By LILY ROTHMAN When the nuclear age began, there was no mistaking it. The...

See Harrowing Footage of the Real Evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940

Relatively few photos exist of the real events behind the movie, but it's still clear from what does exist that those days were harrowing

By Olivia B. Waxman and Liz Ronk

Call of Duty's 'Nazi Zombies' Mode Looks Delightfully Macabre

Replete with jump-scares and loony scientist narration

By Matt Peckham

How Anne Frank's Diary Survived

Read an excerpt from LIFE’s new special edition about Anne Frank's life and legacy

By Daniel S. Levy / LIFE Books

'Either We Go or We Burn Right Here': A Survivor Remembers the Warsaw Ghetto

Sonia Klein was a teenager in hiding during the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of 1943

By Lily Rothman

How Anne Frank's Family Found a Place to Hide

In this excerpt from LIFE’s new special edition about Anne Frank's life and legacy, the Frank family finds a place to hide from Nazi forces.

By Daniel S. Levy / LIFE Books

Inside the U.S. Effort to Find Nazi War Criminals Before It's Too Late

Eli Rosenbaum has spent nearly 40 years pursuing war criminals for the U.S. Justice Department. Just don't call him a Nazi hunter

By Lily Rothman

Behind the Picture: The First Woman to Fly with a U.S. Combat Crew Over Enemy Soil

She was called "Maggie the Indestructible"

By Liz Ronk and Olivia B. Waxman

Exclusive: See the Trailer for Netflix's New Documentary About World War II and Hollywood

Five Came Back launches March 31

By Lily Rothman

What People Get Wrong About the Nazi Conference to Plan the ‘Final Solution’

The role of the Wannsee Conference in formalizing the Nazi genocide plan is still sometimes misunderstood

By Albinko Hasic

See an Original 1941 Transcript of FDR's Pearl Harbor Speech

YESTERDAY DECEMBER 7 1941 -- A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE IN INFAMY --

By Lily Rothman

The Spooky Pearl Harbor Mystery That Remains Unsolved

Was there a warning in a newspaper ad?

By Lily Rothman

Powerful Stories of the Japanese-American Children Who Witnessed Pearl Harbor

"What I saw is still imprinted on my mind"

By Lily Rothman

Go Behind the Scenes of LIFE VR's 'Remembering Pearl Harbor' Experience

The immersive experience takes you to the aftermath of the devastating attack

By TIME Photo

Casablanca and 'Allied': A 'Date' With the Real City Behind the Movie

See what the city was really like during World War II

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk
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