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Stalingrad Now And Then
Stalingrad Now And Then

Historic Battlefields Then And Now

Battles are actually unusual in military history. It’s far more common for one side to be willing or able to fight and for the other side to collapse at once or wage a guerrilla war than it is for rival armies to roll the dice on a few confrontations. Battles...

By Richard Stockton Sep 2, 2015

Historic Battlefields Then And Now

Battles are actually unusual in military history. It’s far more common for one side to be willing or able to fight and for the other side to collapse at once or wage a guerrilla war than it is for rival armies to roll the dice on a few confrontations. Battles...

By Richard Stockton September 2, 2015
Banned Photo Hitler
Banned Photo Hitler

Adolf Hitler Had This Photo Of Himself Banned

Even génocidaires have standards, apparently. In the 1930s, Adolf Hitler had publication of this photo (and others like it) banned because he considered it “beneath one’s dignity.” How did these photos surface, then? In 1945, an Allied soldier named Alf Robinson found a tattered, coverless book in a bomb-blasted house...

By Savannah Cox Aug 24, 2015

Adolf Hitler Had This Photo Of Himself Banned

Even génocidaires have standards, apparently. In the 1930s, Adolf Hitler had publication of this photo (and others like it) banned because he considered it “beneath one’s dignity.” How did these photos surface, then? In 1945, an Allied soldier named Alf Robinson found a tattered, coverless book in a bomb-blasted house...

By Savannah Cox August 24, 2015
Head Break Burning Bricks
Head Break Burning Bricks

What We Love This Week, Volume CXXXI

Before Pluto: The Other Awe-Inspiring New Horizons Photos While you’ve definitely seen the new Pluto photos and you probably know that those photos are the fruit of the New Horizons’ nearly ten-year journey, you may not realize all that happened along the way. It zipped past our moon (within nine...

By John Kuroski Jul 17, 2015

What We Love This Week, Volume CXXXI

Before Pluto: The Other Awe-Inspiring New Horizons Photos While you’ve definitely seen the new Pluto photos and you probably know that those photos are the fruit of the New Horizons’ nearly ten-year journey, you may not realize all that happened along the way. It zipped past our moon (within nine...

By John Kuroski July 17, 2015
anne frank scrapbook smiling
anne frank scrapbook smiling

Anne Frank Would Have Been 86 This Month. Celebrate Her Life With These Photos.

Anne Frank's life ended at a concentration camp in March 1945, just a few weeks short of its liberation. Look back on her life and legacy through photos.

By Erin Kelly Jun 20, 2015

Anne Frank Would Have Been 86 This Month. Celebrate Her Life With These Photos.

Anne Frank's life ended at a concentration camp in March 1945, just a few weeks short of its liberation. Look back on her life and legacy through photos.

By Erin Kelly June 20, 2015
Children
Children

Born In Auschwitz: How Stanislawa Leszczyńska Delivered 3,000 Babies During The Holocaust

We rightly associate concentration camps with death, but Stanislawa Leszczyńska brought life into Auschwitz during the Holocaust.

By Abby Norman Apr 7, 2015

Born In Auschwitz: How Stanislawa Leszczyńska Delivered 3,000 Babies During The Holocaust

We rightly associate concentration camps with death, but Stanislawa Leszczyńska brought life into Auschwitz during the Holocaust.

By Abby Norman April 7, 2015
Nazi Flag Flying in Paris
Nazi Flag Flying in Paris

Paris In The 1940s: A Decade Of Devastation And Rebirth

As World War II raged throughout Europe, the “City of Light” transformed into a city of darkness. While the Germans declined to physically destroy the city upon its 1940 occupation, their presence greatly tested the Parisian psyche. Over two million Parisians fled as the Germans arrived, but those who remained...

By Kiri Picone Apr 6, 2015

Paris In The 1940s: A Decade Of Devastation And Rebirth

As World War II raged throughout Europe, the “City of Light” transformed into a city of darkness. While the Germans declined to physically destroy the city upon its 1940 occupation, their presence greatly tested the Parisian psyche. Over two million Parisians fled as the Germans arrived, but those who remained...

By Kiri Picone April 6, 2015
Women of WWII riveter bandana
Women of WWII riveter bandana

The Women Who Powered World War 2, All In Color

We recognize them from ‘Rosie the Riveter’ recruitment posters, but the female workforce of World War II provided us with much more than colorful kitsch. More than six million women joined the workforce during the war, and by 1942, the estimated proportion of jobs deemed acceptable for women shot up...

By Erin Kelly Apr 5, 2015

The Women Who Powered World War 2, All In Color

We recognize them from ‘Rosie the Riveter’ recruitment posters, but the female workforce of World War II provided us with much more than colorful kitsch. More than six million women joined the workforce during the war, and by 1942, the estimated proportion of jobs deemed acceptable for women shot up...

By Erin Kelly April 5, 2015
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