China’s Military Parade Is a Powerful Diplomatic Display
China’s Sept. 3 military parade, held to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, will be the fourth such event since President Xi ...
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Czech Republic man sues Christie’s over buyers of Nazi-thieved artwork
A Czech man claims he’s the rightful heir to paintings worth millions that once belonged to a Jewish cabaret performer who was killed by the Nazis — and wants auction ...
Ice cream magnate revealed to be behind mysterious Disneyland ‘Remember Hiroshima’ protest doll
Baffled Disneyland visitors at the “It’s a Small World” attraction were greeted by a protest doll holding a sign reading “Remember Hiroshima” over the weekend, sparking questions and speculation online ...
How the Atomic Bombs Reshaped the World
“‘Why is it night already? Why did our house fall down? What happened?’ The befuddlement of 5-year-old Myeko Nakamura moments after the first atomic bomb fell at 8:15 on the ...
WWII vet marks 102nd birthday and plans for his long-awaited bar mitzvah: ‘The best is yet to come’
A World War II veteran rang in his 102nd birthday surrounded by loved ones in Florida — but said “the best is yet to come” as he sets out to ...
‘Nazi’ Creek in this US state is getting a new name after 70 years — here’s why
A one-mile stream in Alaska dubbed “Nazi Creek” after it was reclaimed from the Axis Powers during World War II has finally been renamed after more than seven decades of ...
I spent the night on a World War II submarine Airbnb that can sleep 65 people in sailors’ bunks. Take a look inside.
I spent a night sleeping in a bunk aboard the USS Cobia.Talia Lakritz/Business InsiderAt the Wisconsin Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, you can descend a steep staircase into the USS Cobia, ...
China Should Invite Trump to Its Military Parade
Imagine this: U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin stand on either side of Chinese President Xi Jinping atop Beijing’s Tiananmen Tower, watching a Chinese military parade. What ...
How a Nazi Jurist Captured Imaginations on the U.S. Left and Right
When I started writing on Carl Schmitt in the 1990s, the reaction in U.S. academia was often that you could treat a Nazi jurist with extraordinary capacities as a historical ...
The End of Modernity
This year, Europe celebrated the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and the beginning of what came next. The declaration of Austrian independence on April 27, 1945, ...
