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World War 2

A $20 Million Nazi-Looted Kandinsky Has Been Returned to Rightful Owner’s Heirs

'Bild mit Häusern (Painting with Houses)' was sold under duress at the height of World War II.
By Helen Holmes

Six Arrests Have Been Made in Connection to the Dresden Saxony Jewel Theft

According to German officials, the suspects have connections to the notoriously criminal "Remmo clan."
By Helen Holmes

Charlie English’s ‘The Gallery of Miracles and Madness’ Is a Necessary Read

Elegant and exhaustively-researched, English outlines the rise of “psychiatric art” in Weimar-era Germany, tracking its influence and eventual clash with Hitler’s obsession with remolding the artistic character of Germany.
By Ella Fox-Martens

Jewish Funeral Records Seized During World War II Are Being Returned

By Helen Holmes

Winston Churchill’s Art, Brandy Glass and Slippers Have Fetched Huge Auction Prices

By Helen Holmes

Angelina Jolie is Selling the One Painting Winston Churchill Made During World War II

By Helen Holmes

Former Director of a Women’s Rights Museum in Korea Accused of Embezzling Funds

By Helen Holmes

A Museum Dedicated to Anti-Fascist Fighters in WWII-Era Italy Will Open in Milan

By Helen Holmes
War with Iran

President Trump: There Are 241 Reasons to Go to War With Iran

By Brittain Ladd

The 15 Shows and Miniseries You Should Be Watching This Spring

By Mike Berlin
Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer I, 1907, which was involved in one of the most high-profile and protracted restitution disputes.

20 Years On, It’s Time to Admit Our Rules for Handling Nazi-Looted Art Have Failed

By Noah Charney
Russian Koalitsiya-SV self-propelled howitzers ride through Red Square during the Victory Day military parade in Moscow on May 9, 2017. Russia marks the 72nd anniversary of the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two. / AFP PHOTO / Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV (Photo credit should read KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP/Getty Images

Outgunned US Army Isn’t Prepared For War With Russia

By John R. Schindler
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with other candidates in the poll, a day after the presidential election, at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 19, 2018.

This Is How Vladimir Putin Manufactures Conflict Between Nations

By John R. Schindler
U.S. president Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Four Seasons Arena on July 5, 2018 in Great Falls, Montana. President Trump held a campaign style 'Make America Great Again' rally in Great Falls, Montana with thousands in attendance.

No, President Trump, the KGB Is Not ‘Fine’

By John R. Schindler

How People Predicted the Weather Before Modern Technology

By Dennis Mersereau

Chinese Theft of US Navy’s Secrets Reveals DoD’s Lackadaisical Security

By John R. Schindler

What the Hunt for a Top Nazi War Criminal Tells Us About Trump’s Russia Problem

By John R. Schindler
The entrance gate to the Nazi Auschwitz death camp at sunrise.

Poland Tries to Alter History by Outlawing Holocaust Terminology

By Micah Halpern
The American destroyer USS Shaw explodes during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, home of the American Pacific Fleet during World War II.

How American Women Helped Win World War II in the Wake of Pearl Harbor

By John A. Tures
Prime Minister Theresa May walks with Lt Col Paddy Ginn and General Sir Nicholas Carter as she visits 1st Battalion The Mercian Regiment (Cheshire, Worcesters and Foresters, and Staffords) at their barracks at Bulford Camp near Salisbury, England.

The British Military Is at Risk—and the US Isn’t Far Behind

By Harlan Ullman
US Sgt. Cayne (left) seen here with German POWs, Battle of the Bulge, Hürtgen Forest, Germany, World War II, December 1944.

Remembering Thanksgiving in Hell

By John R. Schindler
A member of the US Army places an American flags on a grave at Arlington National Cemetery on May 25, 2017 in Arlington, Va. in preparation for Memorial Day.

Why America Loses Every War It Starts

By Harlan Ullman
Members of the U.S. Army 1-6 Field Artillery division conduct a joint military exercise with the Afghan National Army in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.

Internal Dangers Pose Biggest Threat to US Military Might

By Harlan Ullman
Seven year olds Caitlin Parker and Harry Knight try out Spam on their train journey to Okehampton Station. War evacuation history lesson

A Brief History of Spam—Plus 6 Spam Dishes to Survive a Nuke Attack

By Ann Votaw
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