From 1943 through 1946, more than 3,400 prisoners (including 15 Nazi generals) were processed at Fort Hunt, according to ...

The Vital de Oliveira was a civilian ship, built in 1910 and outfitted as an auxiliary naval craft when Brazil entered World War II on the side ... and killing 1,081 people, according to naval ...

West Palm Beach centenarian Franklin Simon, who celebrated his 100th birthday in June, served heroically in Europe during ...

Now and then, a new and small World War 2 film comes out of the woodwork and ... Norway’s most decorated war hero and was the only person awarded the War Cross with three swords, the nation ...

“I’d say this is a much worse disaster than anything I could conceive of,” said Martin Copenhafer, who survived D-Day UCLA A World War II veteran ... sign up for PEOPLE's free daily ...

Some 10,000 people were evacuated from the German city of Dresden on Thursday after the discovery of a bomb dating from World War II. The device was discovered on Wednesday during the demolition ...

What was the World War II experience of James Alfred (“Alf ... where he was the first person in his group to fly solo—so he must, Roodhouse explained, have been clearly quite good at ...

Candles and wreaths left by Auschwitz survivors stand at the so-called ‘Death Wall’ at the Auschwitz I site on the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp on Jan. 27, 2025, in ...

A World War II veteran is starting over at 104 after his Malibu home ... Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer , ...

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The Nazis murdered an estimated 1.1 million people at the death camp in southern Poland before its liberation on January 27, 1945 Sarah Kuta After police and the nearby bomb squad investigated to ...