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Vichy France: The Forgotten Axis Puppet

Few chapters in World War II history are as contentious as Vichy France. After the 1940 defeat, Marshal Philippe Pétain’s ...
Eminent scholar Roger Moorhouse recently spoke to Military Times to discuss his book, “Wolfpack: Inside Hitler’s U-Boat War," ...
The Montana-class represents the U.S. Navy battleships that never sailed. Authorized in 1940 as America’s answer to Japan’s ...
You know the songs of Bob Dylan and Joan Baez, but do you know the 1940s songs that shaped their vision of folk music?
Events in St. Louis more than 80 years ago serve as a reminder of how bad a situation can become before people’s objections ...
Mike Downey, author of Istria Black, on Blending Truth and Imagination in the Novel My father was born in early 1919 on the ...
On a warm Saturday night in August 1893, seventy-five people gathered at the popular Victorian boarding house run by Isaac ...
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A long working relationship with director Simon West continued on Monday as Nicolas Cage began work on their latest ...
Today, the OGH is Guernsey’s only five-star hotel. It has 60 rooms, a spa and a heated outside pool, and first-class ...
Ever since I was a teenager I’ve thought I’d like to try a parachute jump. I know it’s possible for civilians to do this but ...
Experts say jewels stolen in heists from the iconic Parisian museum are hard to recover, as they are broken down.