April 2011
Features
The Massacre, the SS Man, and the Senator
Eighty-four American POWs lay dead in the snow near Malmedy, slaughtered by Jochen Peiper's Nazis. Justice had to be done. But a bungled trial and Senator Joseph McCarthy's hysterics made that extremely unlikely. By Brian John Murphy
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From Our Articles Archive
Nazis on trial
at Nuremberg
Unlike at Malmedy, justice was resolved and confident at the war-crimes trials of the Third Reich's highest officials.
Cape Misery
Cape Gloucester was a stepping stone to get past Japan's deadliest South Pacific base. But it was a mucky, miserable stepping stone, as US marines found out. By Richard B. Frank
Mickey's Army Versus der Fuhrer
The Axis nearly wrecked Walt Disney's animated film enterprise. But Mickey, Donald, and the Disney creative arsenal helped wreck the Axis instead. By David Lesjak
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Gallery
Disney to the Front
Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and an army of their kindred cartoons join the war effort at home and overseas.
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From our articles archive
A heil of a wacky hit
Disney blew rasberries in Adolf Hitler's face in its popular wartime cartoon short "Der Fuhrer's Face." (This article page includes the video of the eight-minute cartoon in its entirety.)
Great Lakes Carriers
Navy fighter planes sliced up the skies, then swooped down to land on their carriers--on Lake Michigan, where the navy trained its WWII pilots. By Richard Sassaman
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Notes from our editor
"Dick WInters, Hero"
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The official Major Dick Winters website
Find biographical information, photos, letters, and more from the Easy Company man made famous in Band of Brothers.
V-Mail
Letters from our readers
Home Front
Deep-dish pizza
Pinup
Dorothy Malone
Landings
Virginia's WWII warbird cage
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The Udvar-Hazy Center website
Discover the exhibits and collections of the Smithsonian' s WWII warbird museum and get information for visiting.
War Stories
Memories from the war years
Flashback
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Books and Media
The latest reviews
Theater of War
Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat
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Footage
The Fishing scene
The starving shipwreck survivors anxiously lean over the edge of their lifeboat to watch a fishing line baited with sparkling diamon bracelet dance under the water to lure a big catch.
78 RPM
"The Last Time I Saw Paris"
WWII Events
A calendar of present-day happenings
GIs
The safest job this soldier ever had
