World War II
The radical wartime diet that saved Britain in World War II
Inside West Berlin in 1961—just after the wall went up
These detectives want your help in finding Nazi-looted art
The long history of the USS Edsall
The contentious history of the passport
A new expedition to Guadalcanal reveals WWII shipwrecks
How WWI got Nat Geo into the map business
How Benito Mussolini led Italy to fascism
WWII’s last Navajo code talkers tell their story
10 remarkable World War II museums around the world
How one heroic crew helped win World War II’s largest naval battle
The true story behind ‘The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare’
World War II treasure hunters love this rugged Greek island
Finding light in Hiroshima's legacy
How the Hiroshima bomb left shadows of its victims
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