Jun 06 France celebrates D-Day anniversary with dance, historical film and world leaders at Omaha beach By Thomas Adamson, Lori Hinnant, Associated Press Historical film footage and modern interpretive dance recreated the images of World War II at D-Day's 70th anniversary, a blend of old and new that bridged seven decades and depicted a once riven Europe as a newly unified whole. Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch the staggering preparations for D-Day in rare newsreel footage By News Desk Before the D-Day invasion, there was massive preparation on both sides of the conflict. Pulling together footage from around the globe, including from behind enemy lines, this United News newsreel gives us a glimpse of how massive the defensive and… Continue reading
May 26 Thousands of American military graves lie forgotten and lost abroad By Elizabeth Shell We don’t know how many Americans who died while serving at wartime are buried on foreign soil. Why? It's complicated. But one historian has been painstakingly counting, cataloguing and mapping the locations of American war dead that goes beyond the… Continue reading
May 08 Putin plans to attend D-Day ceremony alongside Western leaders By Julie Pace, Associated Press The June 6 commemoration would mark the first time Putin and Western leaders have come face-to-face since the outbreak of the crisis in Ukraine. The U.S. and Europe have condemned Russia's provocations, ordering sanctions on Putin's inner circle and cutting… Continue reading
Nov 06 Watch Masterpieces thought to be destroyed by Nazis discovered in Munich Masterpieces thought to be destroyed by Nazis discovered in Munich… Continue watching
Jun 06 Weekly Poem: ‘Home Brew’ Tony Barnstone is a professor of English at Whittier College. He is the author of several books, including "Tongue of War: From Pearl Harbor to Nagasaki," which won the John Ciardi Prize. Continue reading
Jun 06 Watch Weekly Poem: ‘Home Brew’ by Tony Barnstone Tony Barnstone is the author of several books, including "Tongue of War."… Continue watching
May 26 Watch War Crimes Suspect Mladic ‘Personified the Brutality’ of Bosnian Conflict Fugitive Bosnian Serb Gen. Ratko Mladic, accused of the worst war crimes in Europe since WWII, was arrested in Serbia on Thursday. Margaret Warner discusses the significance of the arrest with U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp and… Continue watching
Aug 17 Have the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan Hurt the Economy? Question: I often hear that WWII finally ended the Great Depression. How can it be that a relatively short war (WWII) was so helpful to the economy but… Continue reading