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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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World War II stories: 104 news summaries

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(Newser) - A former commander in Adolf  Hitler's army has been sentenced to life imprisonment for a massacre in Italy he ordered 65 years ago, the BBC reports. In what is expected to be one of the very last Nazi trials, a Munich court found Joseph Scheungraber guilty of murder in the... More »

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Germany • war crimes • massacre • Nazi • World War II • murder trial • imprisonment

 Andy Rooney at Cronkite  
 Funeral: 'I Can't Get Over It'

Memorial service honors legendary TV news anchor

Jul 23, 09 5:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Family and friends of Walter Cronkite remembered the venerable television news anchor today at a memorial at St. Bartholomew’s Church in Manhattan, CBS News reports. Speakers at the service remembered Cronkite’s sense of humor, his love of sailing, and the strong emotions that lay beneath his calm, collected... More »

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World War II • funeral • memorial service • anchor • Walter Cronkite • television news

Churchill's
WWII Bunker Was Bogus

War rooms, in barely converted basements, weren't bomb-proof

Jul 20, 09 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Winston Churchill kept the British government running through World War II from a bunker underneath central London, but a new exhibition reveals the prime minister's fury that his office was vulnerable to attack. The hastily converted war rooms, where Churchill and his staff worked and slept, lay only 10 feet... More »

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London • United Kingdom • World War II • Winston Churchill

Long Buried, PTSD Emerges in WWII Veterans

1 in 20 surviving vets affected

Jul 16, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - For many World War II veterans, decades-old memories of war aren’t as deeply buried as they once believed. The veterans administration estimates that 5% of the 2.5 million US World War II vets suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. Older vets came of age... More »

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veterans • psychiatry • Department of Veterans Affairs • World War II • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

(AP) - German prosecutors formally charged John Demjanjuk today with 27,900 counts of being an accessory to murder at a Nazi death camp during World War II, reports the AP. The 89-year-old retired auto worker, who was deported from the US in May, faces 15 years for every count. Prosecutors accuse... More »

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Germany • Holocaust • Nazi • World War II • Simon Wiesenthal Center • John Demjanjuk • murder charges • Sobibor

(Newser) - Al Gore today likened the challenge of global warming to the threat from Nazi Germany and the Axis powers, the Times of London reports. Gore reminded a British audience that “Winston Churchill aroused this nation in heroic fashion to save civilization in World War II,” saying the situation... More »

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climate change • Al Gore • global warming • England • World War II • Nazis • Axis • Winston Churchill

fathers day INTERVIEW

 Dad Was Not Only a 
 General, But a Patton 

Grandson remembers his famous forebears

Jun 21, 09 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Living up to the legacy of one’s father can be hard, but it’s particularly trying for Benjamin Patton, the son of decorated Korean and Vietnam vet Maj. Gen. George Patton—himself the offspring of World War II titan Gen. George S. Patton. Immortalized by George C. Scott in... More »

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World War II • Vietnam War • Korean War • fathers

(Newser) - Even before enlisting, World War II soldiers were made great by the “deprivations and lessons of the Great Depression,” Tom Brokaw writes in the Wall Street Journal. Shared sacrifice and lack of staple goods forged the outlook of the "Greatest Generation," and made the Army... More »

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veterans • World War II • Great Depression • Tom Brokaw • D-Day • Normandy • Greatest Generation • fortitude

(Newser) - President Obama today paid homage to the men who stormed the beach at Normandy on the 65th anniversary of D-Day, reports the Los Angeles Times. Speaking at Omaha Beach, Obama called the invasion the "story of America" and said it can provide inspiration "for the hardships and struggles... More »

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France • World War II • D-Day • President Obama • Normandy

Air Force Ship Becomes Artificial Reef Off Fla. Keys

WWII cargo ship also tracked missiles and spacecraft

May 27, 09 1:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Demolition experts sank an Air Force ship this morning to create an artificial reef in the Florida Keys, the AP reports. The 17,000-ton, WWII-era cargo ship took less than 2 minutes to sink after a series of explosions. The new "reef" is expected to bring in about... More »

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Air Force • World War II • demolition • US Air Force • cargo ships • Florida Keys • artificial reef • Jay-ZTV • Gen. Hoyt S. Vandenberg

 Queen Livid at 
 French Snub 
 for Obama 
 D-Day Fete 

Sarkozy wants to focus on 'main event' of US prez visit

May 27, 09 4:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - Queen Elizabeth is furious at not being invited by the French for D-Day ceremonies next week that will include President Obama, reports the Daily Mail. The French never had any intention of inviting members of the British royal family to the 65th anniversary commemoration in Normandy in order to allow... More »

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Barack Obama • Queen Elizabeth • France • America • World War II • US • Britain • British royals • D-Day • Normandy • American soldiers

memorial day weekend

 10 Odd Facts 
 About World War II 


May 23, 09 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - With Memorial Day and the 65th anniversary of Normandy coming up, it's time for a World War II history review. The Chicago Tribune has dug up ten strange facts:
  • Elsie Mitchell and five children died in Gearhart Mountain, Ore., in May 1945, by touching a Japanese "balloon bomb"
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history • World War II • Memorial Day • American history

(Newser) - Festival fave Quentin Tarantino opened his comic-fantasy take on World War II, Inglourious Basterds, at Cannes today. The film traces Jewish-American soldiers, led by Brad Pitt, as they annihilate as many Nazis in France as three grisly hours can fit. Some early sentiment:
  • "It's western meets war movie,
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Brad Pitt • film • France • Quentin Tarantino • Cannes Film Festival • World War II • Nazis • Inglourious Basterds

(Newser) - As France starved under Germany’s thumb, Nazi officers showered the mademoiselles of Paris’ finest brothels with cash, chocolates, and looted art. Such “horizontal collaboration” defined the golden age of French prostitution as described in a new book, the Daily Mail reports. The author argues that, far from engaging... More »

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prostitution • France • World War II • brothel • Nazi collaborators • Nazis

 Travelers  
 Flock to  
 Nazi Tours  

For many tourists, Germany means beer and Hitler

Apr 23, 09 1:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - The world has moved on in many ways, but for many tourists, a visit to Germany often boils down to two things: beer and Hitler. "I'm no Nazi," said an American who's spending most of his four-day visit on Hitler's trail. "I'm just interested in Germany.... More »

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Germany • tourism • World War II • Third Reich • Munich • Nazis • Jeff Cox

 Accused Nazi Guard 
 1 Step From 
 Deportation 

Demjanjuk has one more appeal between him an a German trial

Apr 10, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal court today denied John Demjanjuk’s appeal to be granted a stay of deportation, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reports. The alleged former Nazi concentration camp guard has one more appeal to file. If that fails, the 89-year-old will be sent to Germany to stand trial for being an... More »

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Poland • death • concentration camp • Nazi • World War II • John Demjanjuk

 Accused Nazi 
 Begs US 
 to Keep Him 

He may be deported to Germany for war crimes trial

Apr 1, 09 4:13 PM CDT
(AP) - An American resident with a reputed Nazi past is asking the US to block his deportation to Germany, citing humanitarian reasons. John Demjanjuk, a Ukrainian immigrant who turns 89 this week, is charged in an arrest warrant in Germany with 29,000 counts of acting as an accessory to murder... More »

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Germany • Holocaust • war crimes • United States • deportation • World War II • John Demjanjuk • Nazis

Obama to Travel to Normandy for D-Day Anniversary

Washington, Paris on good terms, Sarkozy aide says

Mar 26, 09 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama will travel to Normandy for the 65th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, the New York Daily News reports. An aide to Nicolas Sarkozy spilled the beans on Obama’s June 6 visit after a reporter claimed the relationship between the two presidents was distant. “Relations are excellent... More »

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Barack Obama • Europe • Nicolas Sarkozy • France • World War II • D-Day • President Obama

In Classroom, Twitter Trumps the Queen

Proposed UK curriculum focuses on learning skills, flexibility

Mar 25, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Why learn about World War II or Queen Victoria in elementary school when you can always look them up on Wikipedia? That seems to be the rationale behind a new proposed overhaul of the British school system. Because secondary schools teach plenty of history, the reasoning goes, early schooling should... More »

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education • technology • Wikipedia • England • history • World War II • elementary school • teaching • Twitter • curriculum • Queen Victoria

 Requiem for the View-Master 


Mar 14, 09 6:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Fisher-Price isn’t stopping production on its 3-D viewer, the View-Master, but it will no longer produce the huge catalog of picture-wheels that have delighted and enlightened generations of Americans, laments the Economist. The company will publish just a small number of children’s reels for the device that... More »

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toys • consumer products • World War II • Fisher-Price • 3-D • View-Master • viewer

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