politics The WWII soldier who died fighting for the "precious ideals" of liberal arts education Yoy Luadha

maps Map of ships sunk during World War II Rob Beschizza

religion 1942 letter suggests Pope Pius XII knew "detailed information" about mass killings of Jews and Poles Rob Beschizza

Entertainment "Reason and Emotion": A 1943 Disney cartoon foreshadowing "Inside Out," Putin, and Trump Ruben Bolling

hypocrisy Sen. Tuberville's lies about father's WWII service record delight his MAGA base Mark Frauenfelder

World War II Dorothea Lange's rarely-seen photos of Japanese Americans in U.S. concentration camps Mark Frauenfelder

volcanoes A volcanic eruption unearthed a pair of sunken ships on Iwo Jima Thom Dunn

News Trump says '1917 pandemic' ended Second World War (nope, Spanish Flu was in 1918, before WWII) Xeni Jardin

History Powerful Iwo Jima WWII footage shot by marines in combat and never seen publicly David Pescovitz

climate change There's 22 million gallons of nuclear waste under a concrete dome on a Pacific Island, and it's sinking Thom Dunn

World War II Terrence Malick's latest film looks beautiful and sad, surprising absolutely no one Séamus Bellamy

Technology World War II Enigma cipher machine up for auction David Pescovitz

History Introducing Faces of Auschwitz Séamus Bellamy

History Russia's anti-Nazi women's sniper unit, colorized Andrea James

vintage Railroad women of 1943 Rob Beschizza

auction Enigma encryption machine from World War II sells for $233,000 David Pescovitz

racism America's broken promise to veterans who survived race-based chemical weapons testing in WWII Xeni Jardin

WWII Watch a WWII plane pick up a man and a sheep while flying at full speed Xeni Jardin