World War II

Donald McPherson
Success

The last ‘ace’: World War II fighter pilot Donald McPherson, who shot down 5 enemy planes, dies at 103

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August 24, 2025
D-Day veteran ‘Papa Jake’ Larson, who garnered 1.2 million TikTok followers by sharing WWII stories, dies at 102
Lifestyle

D-Day veteran ‘Papa Jake’ Larson, who garnered 1.2 million TikTok followers by sharing WWII stories, dies at 102

By Angela Charlton and The Associated Press
July 21, 2025
Senate probe links Credit Suisse to more Nazi accounts during World War II after bank previously concealed information
Finance

Senate probe links Credit Suisse to more Nazi accounts during World War II after bank previously concealed information

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January 4, 2025
Bunker St Pauli
Lifestyle

A former Nazi bunker in Hamburg just relaunched as a hip new attraction with restaurants and a hotel after a €100 million revamp

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July 12, 2024
Military labs identify soldiers decades after they died in World War II as Memorial Day and 80th anniversary of D-Day underscore urgency
Politics

Military labs identify soldiers decades after they died in World War II as Memorial Day and 80th anniversary of D-Day underscore urgency

By Josh Funk and The Associated Press
May 27, 2024
U.S. deaths from coronavirus and wars
Finance

The coronavirus has now killed more Americans than every war since the start of the Korean War—combined

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June 10, 2020
B-24 Liberators being assembled at the Willow Run Bomber Factory in Detroit.
Politics

World War II offers lessons—and warnings—for the coronavirus fight

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April 5, 2020
Barrage Balloons over Normandy Beaches on D-day
Leadership

The Eyes of the World Are Upon Some of Them: RaceAhead

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June 6, 2019
Galleria degli Uffizi museum. narrow courtyard between palace's two wings with view toward the Arno. Florence. Tuscany. Italy

Uffizi Gallery Asks Germany to Return Dutch Masterpiece Nazis Stole in World War II

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January 2, 2019
TOPSHOT-GERMANY-WEATHER-HEATWAVE-FIRE
International

Germany’s Forest Fires Come With an Explosive Twist

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July 27, 2018
City commute

A World War II Bomb Has Shut Down a Central London Airport

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February 12, 2018
Button w. caption Remember Pearl Harbor.

Photos: What You Should Know About the Pearl Harbor Attack on Its 76th Anniversary

By Grace Donnelly and Alex Scimecca
December 6, 2017
A look back: Fortune’s July 1940 issue
Leadership

A look back: Fortune’s July 1940 issue

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June 30, 2017
A rabbi looks at grapes in a vineyard in famous Tokaj wine region in the village of Mad
Retail

Hungary’s Tokaj Wine Region Revives Jewish Heritage

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July 23, 2016
Barack Obama
Leadership

Obama Becomes First U.S. President to Visit Hiroshima Bomb Site

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May 27, 2016

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