World War II

Defendant Johann Rehbogen, a 94-year-old former SS guard, appears at the regional court in Münster, Germany, on Tuesday.

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94-Year-Old Ex-Nazi Guard Goes On Trial Over Mass Killings At Concentration Camps

4:34pm November 06, 2018

by Ruben Kimmelman

In court in Germany, Johann Rehbogen is charged with being an accessory in the murders of several hundred Jewish and Polish prisoners at the Stutthof concentration camp in the early 1940s.

World War II Norwegian resistance fighter Joachim Roenneberg, seen here in 2013, has died at age 99. He led a team that was credited with slowing Hitler's plan to build atomic weapons.

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Joachim Roenneberg, Who Sabotaged Nazis' Nuclear Hopes, Dies At 99

3:20pm October 22, 2018

by Bill Chappell

Roenneberg was just 23 when his team of resistance fighters parachuted into a mountain range in Norway. They skied to a plant making heavy water and blew Hitler's atomic plans off-schedule.

Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg speaks during a joint statement with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Tuesday. The following day, Solberg apologized to the "German girls" who faced government retaliation for their relationships with occupying Germ

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Norway Apologizes To Women Who Faced Reprisals For Wartime Relations With Nazis

5:06am October 18, 2018

by Emily Sullivan

Women who had relationships with occupying German soldiers faced official retaliation after the war. "For many, this was just a teenage love," Prime Minister Erna Solberg said.

Jakiw Palij immigrated to the U.S. in 1949. According to U.S. authorities, he concealed his Nazi service.

Alleged Nazi Labor Camp Guard Deported To Germany

4:27pm August 21, 2018

by Camila Domonoske

The White House says that Jakiw Palij was a guard at a Nazi labor camp in occupied Poland and that he lied about his past when he immigrated to the U.S. For years, no country would accept him.

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Lloyd Woo, a dive master in Rabaul, and his team pull away from the beach in their boat, after wrapping up a day of scuba diving.

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Searching For The Past In The World War II Wrecks Of Papua New Guinea

9:00am July 07, 2018

by Durrie Bouscaren

The wrecks of World War II-era aircraft have become popular tourist sites, attracting divers, history buffs and visitors simply looking to find puzzle pieces from family members' pasts.

An undated photo, provided by family member Susan Lawrence, shows twin brothers Julius (left) and Ludwig Pieper in their U.S. Navy uniforms.

How A High Schooler Helped Reunite Twins 74 Years After Their World War II Deaths

12:52pm July 04, 2018

by Eleanor Beardsley

The Pieper twins were killed in the 1944 D-Day Normandy invasion. Last month, they were laid to rest together in a military cemetery in France — thanks to a Nebraska teen's school history project.

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Veterans Group Commemorates D-Day 74 Years Later

4:36pm June 06, 2018

by Bethany Chafin

Hundreds of veterans from all branches of the military gathered in Welcome, North Carolina, Wednesday morning.

Enemies in Love, a new book by Alexis Clark, tells the story of an unexpected romance.

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What Happens When Two Enemies Fall In Love?

6:00am May 27, 2018

by Karen Grigsby Bates

A love story between a black Army nurse and a German POW during World War II? You couldn't make that story up — and Alexis Clark, author of the upcoming book, Enemies in Love, didn't.

This is one of the last pictures taken of Adolf Hitler in his bunker in Berlin in 1945 as he shakes hands with General Field Marshal Ferdinand Schoerner.

French Researchers: Hitler Really Did Die In The Bunker In 1945

10:12am May 21, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Conspiracy theories have abounded for years about the fate of the Fuhrer, ranging from his escape to Argentina aboard a German U-boat to living out his days at a secret Nazi moon base.

Researchers from the Sea War Museum Jutland announced they found a Nazi U-boat that disappeared a day after Germans surrendered to Danish forces in 1945.

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Missing Nazi Submarine Found Near Denmark; Spoiler: Hitler Is Probably Not Onboard

8:33pm April 19, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

Researchers said they located a German U-boat that went "on the run" from British forces as the war ended. The discovery ends speculation that Adolf Hitler used it to escape to South America.