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How Iwo Jima let P-51 Mustangs reach Japan

After Iwo Jima fell, American P-51 Mustangs could do what once seemed impossible: fly hundreds of miles over open ocean, ...
RBC Ukraine on MSNOpinion

'Without USSR, WWII would never have begun': Ukrainian historian on real price of victory over Nazism

Responsibility for the tragedy of Babyn Yar also lies with the Soviet Union World War II became for Ukraine a time of ...
The Diplomat

Allies at War: Japan-US Relations From the War on Terror to Today’s Iran Conflict

Insights from Tokyo’s handling of the Iraq War could help Japan navigate the current demands from the United States regarding ...

She Began with Japanese American History. Then She Made Things Up.

In her sprawling new novel, Karen Tei Yamashita sprinkles fanciful details (a trombone narrator!) into the bracing story of ...
WAMC Northeast Public Radio

81 years after he was lost at sea, a funeral for a WWII veteran

Lieutenant Joseph LeRoy Burke was killed after spending years in a POW camp during World War II. His remains were finally ...
Council on Foreign Relations

The Battle of Attu

It was site of the only land battle fought on U.S. soil during World War II. And in proportional terms, it was one of the ...
U.S. News Travel

Tokyo National Museum

Travelers were impressed with all that the Tokyo National Museum has to offer. Even some who admitted they aren't "museum ...