John D’Agostino of the Dunkirk OBSERVER gave me the green light to go out and get stories of local veterans for the In Honor or In Memory sections of the paper. I was given as much newspaper space to ...

In her latest book, historian Sheila Fitzpatrick tells the story of millions of displaced people and international efforts to ...

National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force will host Peggy Scholberg to discuss her book on her mother's wartime ...

I’ve written three novels about World War II and, as a result, have spent a distressing amount of time in the company of fascists and their sleep-walking enablers. Now, as we approach the 80th ...

A World War II-era bomb was discovered in a rail station in Europe. Train service halted on March 7, 2025, at Paris' Gare du Nord Rail Station. Travelers are advised to re-book for another day or ...

Abdulrazak Gurnah was awarded the Nobel Prize in literature. In Theft, his first novel since he won the award, a teenage servant in Dar es Salaam is accused of stealing, but finds a way forward in the ...

From the streets of Harlem to Vietnam to Hollywood, these stories correct the record and spotlight lesser-known heroes for ...

It can be streamed here. With Angelina Jolie in the director’s chair, ‘Unbroken’ is a biographical drama about Louis Zamperini, a former Olympic track star who was captured while fighting in World War ...

Gentle, true story about finding love, hope in prison camp.

During President Xi Jinping's state visit to the United Kingdom in 2015, he recounted the stories of Chinese fishermen from Zhoushan in Zhejiang province courageously rescuing British prisoners of war ...