World War II

Researchers from the Sea War Museum Jutland announced they found a Nazi U-boat that disappeared a day after Germans surrendered to Danish forces in 1945.

World News

Missing Nazi Submarine Found Near Denmark; Spoiler: Hitler Is Probably Not Onboard

8:33pm April 19, 2018

by Vanessa Romo

Researchers said they located a German U-boat that went "on the run" from British forces as the war ended. The discovery ends speculation that Adolf Hitler used it to escape to South America.

Eighty-two-year-old Zosia Radzikowska, from Krakow, survived the Holocaust by pretending to be Christian. A retired criminal law professor, Radzikowska is an active member of Krakow's small but flourishing Jewish community.

Auschwitz Remembrance Is Tinged With Tension Over Poland's Holocaust Speech Law

6:31am April 15, 2018

by Esme Nicholson

Survivors and victims' descendants traveled from around the world to the Nazi death camp, at a time when Polish politicians are pushing controversial Holocaust legislation.

Soviet aviators with their American colleagues in front of a version of the PBY Catalina aircraft in Elizabeth City, N.C. The U.S. trained Soviet pilots to fly the plane as part of Project Zebra, a secret military program during World War II.

National

North Carolina Town Accepts, Then Spurns Russian Gift

7:22pm March 25, 2018

by Jay Price

Russia is offering to build a $1 million monument in Elizabeth City, N.C., honoring a World War II U.S.-Soviet joint operation. The city council at first said yes. Newly-elected members now say no.

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Clarence Donnor who was mistakenly believed to have been aboard USS Indianapolis when it was sunk by a Japanese submarine in July 1945.

Navy Admits To 70-Year Crew List Error In USS Indianapolis Disaster

2:34pm March 23, 2018

by Scott Neuman

Petty Officer Clarence Donnor was mistakenly listed as a passenger on the ill-fated ship before it embarked on a secret mission and was later sunk by a Japanese submarine.

Workers roll potentially lifesaving barrels of Guinness in June 1955 on a quayside in Dublin.

World News

For St. Patrick's Day, A True Tale Of 8 Sailors Saved By Guinness

1:59pm March 17, 2018

by Peter Moloney

If you're picking up a glass of Guinness this St. Patrick's Day, savor it while pondering this story from 1917, when Ireland's famous stout was cause for true celebration: It saved lives.

Roy Miller fills cans with cooked collard greens.

In A New Deal-Era Cannery, Old Meets New

4:36pm December 26, 2017

by Dan Charles

During the New Deal, the government set up hundreds of public canneries in small towns. Most have disappeared, but a surviving cannery in Farmville, Va., is getting a boost from local farmers.

In 1952, atomic scientists came together on the 10th anniversary of the first controlled nuclear fission chain reaction, which took place Dec. 2, 1942, at the University of Chicago.

Science

75 Years Ago, Scientists Conducted An Unprecedented Nuclear Experiment

6:36pm November 28, 2017

by Samantha Raphelson

On Dec. 2, 1942, a group of scientists in Chicago created the first controlled, self-sustained nuclear chain reaction, which would prove essential to developing an atomic bomb a few years later.

A blue tent covers a British World War II bomb that was found during construction. Disposal operations are set for Sunday and require what's expected to be Germany's biggest evacuation since the war.

World News

Frankfurt Orders 70,000 To Evacuate To Defuse WWII Bomb

10:54am August 31, 2017

by James Doubek

Finding unexploded World War II bombs in Germany is relatively common, but this is expected to be the largest bomb disposal evacuation in the country since the war's end.

In this July 10, 1945, photo provided by U.S. Navy media content operations, USS Indianapolis (CA 35) is shown off the Mare Island Navy Yard, in Northern California, 20 days before she was sunk by Japanese torpedoes.

National

Wreckage Of USS Indianapolis, Sunk By Japanese In WWII, Found In Pacific

10:43am August 20, 2017

by Scott Neuman

The cruiser was returning from a secret mission to deliver atomic bomb components when she was sunk by a Japanese submarine. The ensuing loss of life is the large in the history of the U.S. Navy.

Protesters shout anti-Nazi chants after chasing alt-right blogger Jason Kessler from a news conference on Aug. 13 in Charlottesville.

World News

Explaining, Again, The Nazis' True Evil

8:12am August 19, 2017

by Scott Simon

NPR's Scott Simon tackles the painful legacy of the Nazi party and the enduring symbols of hatred used throughout history's atrocities against humanity, recently on display in Charlottesville.

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