World War II / WWII

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Shells of burnt-out busses after a suicide bombing
The Terrors of Suicide Bombing
Reinforcing Omaha Beach with men and equipment
Remembering D-Day: 10 Important Facts to Know
Communards with flags
The Socialist Legacy in France
The Blood of Free Men: The Liberation of Paris, 1944, by Michael Neiberg Book Cover.
How the Sun Rose Again on the City of Light
Ajax, The Dutch, The War: the Strange Tale of Soccer During Europe's Darkest Hour, by Simon Kuper Book cover.
Is It Only A Game?
Cover of Motherland in Danger: Soviet Propaganda during World War II by Karel C. Berkhoff
Long Live the Soviet Motherland?
Hiroshima atomic bomb crew before the flight of Enola Gay.
Not Everyone Wanted to Bomb Hiroshima
The military cemetery for U.S. personnel killed during World War II in Nettuno, Italy.
A Day for Remembering — and Accepting Responsibility
President Bush visiting American troops in Saudi Arabia on Thanksgiving Day, 1990.
Selling Iraq with the Wrong Pitch
Atomic bomb damage on Hiroshima gas building.
Time to Confront the Ethics of Hiroshima
An unidentified U.S. Marine Corps corporal fires his weapon at a wounded, unarmed Iraqi lying on the floor of a gutted mosque in Fallujah, Nov. 13, 2004. by Kevin Sites found on NPR.org
Shooting the Wounded: What Are the Rules Now?
U.S. soldiers in Iraq in 2007.
Nation-Building Demands Heavy Lifting
President Bush makes remarks in 2006 during a press conference in the Rose Garden about Iran's nuclear ambitions and discusses North Korea's nuclear test.
Fighting a War in Name Only
The Champs Elysees crowded with French patriots after the liberation of Paris in 1944.
We Didn’t Go It Alone in 1944
Most U.S. casualties, like these in a C-17 military transport aircraft, return to Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware. (unknown date)
For Mom, Blueberry Pie — and Iraq?
General George S. Patton waving to crowds in Los Angeles, California in 1945.
Pragmatic de-Baathification is Key to Rebuilding Iraq
Undated photo of the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany.
Democracy-Building Will Be Tougher This Time
Emperor Hirohito of Japan in 1971.
Playing Fast and Loose with Historical Analogies
Jean-Marie Le Pen in 2006.
Far Right’s Electoral Success in France has Deep History
President George W. Bush in 2004.
When the Axis Was Truly Evil
Seen in 1986 with Ford Island in center. The USS Arizona Memorial is the small white dot on the left side above Ford Island.
Pearl Harbor Myth Poses Dangers
Destruction in San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake.
Another Pearl Harbor? Not by a Longshot
Burning ships after the Japanese attack of Pearl Harbor.
Not Only Action but Accountability
USS ARIZONA sinking during the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941.
The 1942 Internments and Today’s Security Crisis