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Hitler
Nazi Wives and the Lady Macbeth Syndrome
by James Wyllie
When I began my account of these women’s lives, people would ask me…
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Hitler’s Jewish Army
by Ellen Feldman
While conducting research for her novel, author Ellen Feldman stumbled upon one of…
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D-Day: The German Opposition
by Giles Milton
Who was Hermann von Oppeln-Bronikowski? And why was he so important to the…
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Paris Abandoned: The Realities of Armistice During World War II
by Anne Sebba
Slowly, the terms of the armistice began to sink in. The French had…
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Who really were the Mitford sisters?
by Laura Thompson
Take six girls, all of them rampant individualists, and let them loose upon…
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Unity Mitford: When Hitler Took Cocaine
by Giles Milton In the summer of 2012, a cache of extraordinary medical documents came to…
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Hildebrand Gurlitt and the Nazis Looting of Europe’s Treasures
by Susan Ronald Hildebrand Gurlitt When I stepped into a large, Swiss bank vault in 1998…
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The Pope’s Last Crusade: How an American Jesuit Helped Pope Pius XI’s Campaign to Stop Hitler
By Peter Eisner Castel Gandolfo, June 23, 1938 Two days after the Eucharistic Congress, the pope…
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Manstein and Sichelschnitt
By Major Mungo Melvin The man is not to my liking, but he knows something about…
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December 11,1941: Hitler and Arguably the Most Insane and Pivotal Decision in History
By Stephen Frater Four days after Pearl Harbor, in arguably the most insane and pivotal decision…
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Hitler
America’s Most Clandestine Military Unit
Adam Gamal (a pseudonym created to keep his family safe from harm) served in the most…
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Feathered Fighters
by Tom Clavin
67 years ago, the U.S. Army Pigeon Service closed. You might think that…
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7 Books to Celebrate Women’s History Month
This Women’s History Month, we bring you seven titles highlighting the amazing feats of women, whether…
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Good With a Gun
by Tom Clavin
In the following excerpt from Follow Me to Hell, Tom Clavin introduces John…
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When Fascists Roamed America’s Cities
by Thomas Mullen
When we think about the World War II years, we tend to visualize…
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The Mayor and the Nazis
by Terry Golway
As hard as it is to imagine, there was a time in the…
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The First Shots of the Revolution
by Jack Kelly
In the following excerpt from God Save Benedict Arnold , the first shots of…
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The Cave Man
by Tom Clavin
Did you know that there was a series of events known as the…
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