The gold train incident was one of several involving riches plundered by the Nazi regime from their victims across Europe.   More »

During the now-historic Operation Varsity, Canadian paratroopers attempted to pierce the Rhine in March 1945.   More »

The Nazi Einsatzgruppen began the World War II’s most closely guarded operation: the annihilation of the Jews.   More »

America, Auschwitz, and the Holocaust: Could more have been done to save lives during Hitler’s Final Solution?   More »

By Gene E. Salecker
The first explosion came as a complete surprise to everyone around Pearl Harbor. The Sunday had started out clear and bright, but the sky quickly darkened as great clouds of thick black smoke rose high above the burning ships.
Fuel oil spilled atop the water and caught fire,   More »

The escape of U.S. gunboats from China in 1941 proved to be a heroic chapter in the history of the navy.   More »

Soldatenkaffee, Nazi-themed cafe in Indonesia has recently re-opened, following a supposed overhaul of its heavily Nazi-themed atmosphere.   More »

In 2003, Germany honored Georg Elser with a postage stamp bearing the reasons for his desperate and heroic actions: “I wanted to prevent the war.”   More »

After escaping from Germany and Austria, a number of Jews joined the Allied armies to take back their former homelands from the Nazis.   More »

Adolf Hitler remains the personification of evil. But who was the man behind the persona? The new WHN Adolf Hitler Special Issue gives the answers.   More »