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The New Deal and Recovery

The first in a series of posts to offer evidence casting doubt on the view that New Deal programs ended the Great Depression.
by George Selgin via Alt-M on June 12, 2020
People looking at the Fat Man bomb covered with a tarp

What Journalists Should Know About the Atomic Bombings

As we approach the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings, we're going to see a lot of journalistic takes on them — many of them totally wrong.
by Alex Wellerstein via Restricted Data: The Nuclear Secrecy Blog on June 9, 2020
Formal photo of twelve African American naval officers.

The Forgotten Story of How 13 Black Men Broke the Navy’s Toughest Color Barrier

During World War II, a group of African American sailors was chosen to integrate the Naval Officer Corps, forever changing what was possible in the U.S. Navy.
by Dan Goldberg via Politico Magazine on May 25, 2020

Rumor Mill

Watching fake news spread in 1942.
by Tracy Campbell via Lapham’s Quarterly on May 20, 2020

Long-Forgotten Cables Reveal What TIME's Correspondent Saw at the Liberation of Dachau

Two copies of the first-person account were tucked away, largely untouched until after his death. Now, his family is sharing his story.
by Olivia B. Waxman via TIME on April 21, 2020

“Victory Gardens” Are Back in Vogue. But What Are We Fighting This Time?

“Growing your own vegetables is great; beating Nazis is great. I think we’re all nostalgic for a time when anything was that simple.”
by Anastasia Day, Rebecca Onion via Slate on April 11, 2020

The 5 WWII Lessons That Could Help the Government Fight Coronavirus

Eighty years ago, U.S. industry mobilized in a big way during a crisis. We could do it again.
by Mark R. Wilson via Politico Magazine on March 19, 2020
People standing in line, social distancing six feet apart.
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Social Distancing Won’t Happen Until Governments Order It

Just like in wartime, compulsion is a must.
by Edward J. K. Gitre via Made By History on March 17, 2020

It Doesn't Have to Be a War

The Trump administration appears ready to invoke the Defense Production Act to speed manufacture of essential goods like face masks.
by Tim Barker via Dissent on March 10, 2020
Spies working for the OSS in 1943.

My Uncle, the Librarian-Spy

In 1943, a Harvard librarian was quietly recruited by the OSS to save the scattered books of Europe.
by Kathy Peiss via CrimeReads on February 5, 2020

Day One at Yalta, the Conference That Shaped the World: ‘De Gaulle Thinks He’s Joan of Arc’

A day-by-day account of the historic summit in Yalta, seventy-five years later.
by Diana Preston via Literary Hub on February 4, 2020

The Nazis and the Trawniki Men

Decades after the war, a group of prosecutors and historians discovered the truth about a mysterious SS training camp in occupied Poland.
by Debbie Cenziper via Washington Post Magazine on January 23, 2020
Soldiers inspecting damaged helmets in a scene from John Huston's 1945 film "The Battle of San Pietro."
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The War Documentary That Never Was

John Huston's 1945 movie The Battle of San Pietro presents itself as a war documentary, but contains staged scenes. What should we make of it?
by Kristin Hunt via JSTOR Daily on December 5, 2019

The WWII Incarceration of Japanese Americans Stretched Beyond U.S. Borders

The U.S. government orchestrated the roundup of people of Japanese descent in 12 Latin American countries, citing “hemispheric security."
by Erika Lee via TIME on December 4, 2019

The Art of Dignity: Making Beauty Amid the Ugliness of WWII Japanese American Camps

A history of Japanese Internment in America through the art produced from it.
by Lisa Hix via Collectors Weekly on December 3, 2019

Nationalist Anthems

Remembering a time when composers mattered more.
by Sudip Bose via The American Scholar on December 2, 2019

Video Games Can Bring Older Family Members' Personal History Back to Life

How video game designers are 'gaminiscing' World War II stories.
by Bob De Schutter via The Conversation on September 18, 2019

The Military Origins of Layering

The popular way to keep warm outdoors owes a debt to World War II–era clothing science.
by Rachel S. Gross via The Atlantic on September 15, 2019

Donald Trump Brings Back Manifest Destiny

And good for him. Nations have always competed for strategically placed land and resources.
by James P. Pinkerton via The American Conservative on August 28, 2019

Golden Age Superheroes Were Shaped by the Rise of Fascism

Created in New York by Jewish immigrants, the first comic book superheroes were mythic saviors who could combat the Nazi threat.
by Art Spiegelman via The Guardian on August 17, 2019
Japanese-Americans farming in Manzanar
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A Grave Injustice

Ed Ayers visits Manzanar, the largest of the WWII-era internment camps for Japanese Americans, and speaks to those keeping the memories of detainees alive.
via Future Of America's Past on August 15, 2019
A man holding a boy in a sailor outfit stand outside looking at a news ticker on D-Day.

A WWII Combat Photographer's Long-Lost Images of D-Day in NYC

News of the invasion spread quickly that morning. Phil Stern captured a city still processing the news—but his photos were lost for decades.
by Liesl Bradner via TIME on June 5, 2019

One of D-Day’s Most Famous, Heroic Assaults May Have Been Unnecessary

Pointe du Hoc’s importance as a military objective has become the subject of heated debate as the invasion’s anniversary approaches.
by Scott Higham via Retropolis on June 2, 2019

The Hidden Power Behind D-Day

Admiral William D. Leahy was instrumental in bringing the Allies together to agree upon the invasion of Nazi-occupied Europe.
by Phillips Payson O'Brien via Smithsonian on May 30, 2019

How John Hersey Revealed the Horrors of the Atomic Bomb to the US

Remembering "Hiroshima," the story that changed everything.
by Jeremy Treglown via Literary Hub on April 23, 2019

Charles Beard: Punished for Seeking Peace

His reputation was savaged because he had the temerity to question the 'Good War' narrative.
by Andrew J. Bacevich via The American Conservative on March 21, 2019
Army nurses in Hawaii, 1945.
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The First Time the U.S. Considered Drafting Women — 75 Years Ago

Military necessity drove political support for a women’s draft.
by Pamela D. Toler via Made By History on March 21, 2019
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Why the U.S. Bombed Auschwitz, But Didn't Save the Jews

What did the Roosevelt administration know, and when?
by Rafael Medoff via HNN on March 17, 2019

The New Deal Wasn’t What You Think

If we are going to fund a Green New Deal, we need to acknowledge how the original actually worked.
by Louis Hyman via The Atlantic on March 6, 2019
A Japanese interment camp used during World War II in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Forgotten Internment of Japanese Americans in Hawaii

A dark chapter in the history of religious persecution.
by Duncan Ryūken Williams via Literary Hub on February 25, 2019
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