Bethnal Green tragedy shakes London
An air raid that wasn’t sparked the worst civilian disaster of the war in the UK, leaving 173 people dead in a tube station.
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Bombing Monte Cassino
The decision to destroy a centuries-old monastery on an Italian hilltop remains controversial to this day, but soldiers on the ground had no qualms with the bombing.
Read moreFDR’s ‘Four Freedoms’ speech
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s 1941 State of the Union address is known to history as the ‘Four Freedoms’ speech, but those lofty ideals were not the focus of press coverage at the time.
Read moreThanksgiving 1942: Exporting an American holiday
Thanksgiving Day 1942 was a jarring experience, not just for the U.S. service members half a world away from home but also to the countries suddenly playing host to a wholly unfamiliar holiday.
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World War II on Deadline 