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These landing craft landed U.S. troops on Omaha Beach

100+ D-Day pictures: See WWII’s Operation Overlord in June 1944, plus get historical insight from 25 years later

Look back at these D-Day pictures and remember that a German nation with super-race delusions once actually planned to conquer the world.

Albert Einstein The life work of the genius, and why he mattered

Albert Einstein: The life & work of the genius scientist, and why he mattered

Albert Einstein was a man whose life, philosophies, discoveries and theories changed the way we looked at the world, and at life itself. Find out about him here.

NAZIS SURRENDER newspaper headlines - VE Day - Victory in Europe 1945

See how the world joyfully celebrated WWII’s V-E Day (Victory in Europe Day) back in 1945

Take a look back at how America – and the world – celebrated Victory in Europe Day, meaning World War II was nearly over.

20 ways “The Sound of Music” movie got it wrong

How much does The Sound of Music movie differ from the true story of the von Trapp family? Take a look back at the hugely-successful musical based on their lives, and find out both fact and fiction.

U.S. Army 347th Infantry Regimen during the Battle of the Bulge in January 1945

About WWII’s Battle of the Bulge, plus see 14 photos from the successful military counteroffensive (1945)

Find out more about World War II’s important military offensive, the Battle of the Bulge, and see several pictures from the snowy scene.

WWII newspaper headlines from the D-Day invasion of France (1944)

The Allies today sent their invading forces against Adolf Hitler’s occupied Europe. The long-awaited invasion was announced by General Dwight Eisenhower with the promise that the high command would accept nothing short of victory.

Early firsthand reports of Nazi concentration camps, including Auschwitz (1945)

Fabian said he was taken to Auschwitz 10 months ago with 500,000 other Hungarian Jews, and that 400,000 were gassed and cremated in the first two months, and that only 1,000 remained alive.

Bogart & Bergman are superb in Casablanca (1943)

The superb acting and detail directing took us to the refugee city of Casablanca, and there we stayed, right by the warm sides of Ingrid Bergman, Humphrey Bogart, Paul Henreid and Claude Rains. And we’re still there.

No, Mr Hitler! Smart teens say Hitler doesn’t speak their language (1941)

The mass of German youth is taught not to think but to obey. Special schools train a few in the use of ruthless violence, deliberate dishonesty, and quack racial dogma so that they shall constitute an ‘elite’ Fuehrer class – masters of the many in the Nazi plan of things to come.

The Holocaust: IG Farben’s role at Auschwitz (1947)

There is no more sordid or cynical chapter in IG Farben’s entire ugly history than the story of the concentration camp it built and ran for itself.

Behind-the-wall account of D-Day invasion (1944)

Behind-wall account of invasion Writer tells Airborne troops’ perilous job in D-Day success by Leonard Mosely, representing the Combined Allied Press Behind the Atlantic wall