Battle of Germany 1945

With the Third Reich at War, Most Berliners Just Carried On

As Ian Buruma shows in “Stay Alive,” his crisply told and uncomfortably relevant history of wartime Berlin, they feed off the ...

War throughout the ages has led to atrocities

If history has taught us anything, it's that the atrocities of war never go down as civilization goes up. Advancements in industrialization and technology have enhanced our lives of leisure at home, ...

UND holds thousands of documents from Nuremberg trials of Nazi Germany war criminals

The University of North Dakota holds one of the most complete collections of records from the Nuremberg trials, the 13 trials held to prosecute those accused of carrying out the ...

5dOpinion

The Iran war has divided Europe and shattered the Atlantic alliance

The war against Iran unleashed by the United States and Israel two weeks ago brings to the boil the clash of civilisations ...

Smithsonian Magazine

Specialists Carefully Defuse a 550-Pound Bomb in Dresden—Eight Decades After It Fell During World War II

After the ordnance was discovered, 18,000 people evacuated from the city. Experts worked for several hours to safely dispose ...

Opinion

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The ‘Good War’ myth: Why the liberation of Bergen-Belsen was not what it seemed

The liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp by British forces on April 15, 1945 was portrayed in the media of the time as the jewel in the crown of British victory over Nazi Germany. Arriving ...

Coeur d'Alene Press

My Turn: 15 years later, recalling the words of Wally Connally

Last week, my husband handed me a faded, folded copy of the Coeur d’Alene Press. It was dated Sept. 12, 2011. He found the paper among his father’s things. My father-in-law, Maj. Robert “Doug” Wood, ...