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Around 80 years after the war, Germany remains littered with unexploded bombs, often uncovered during construction work.
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Why Was Germany Divided After World War II?

Germany’s defeat in World War II led to its division, a turning point that shaped the Cold War. This video explains why the ...
A German organization is painstakingly searching for fallen German soldiers in order to identify them and rebury them, 80 years after World War II.
Germany tried twice in the 20th century to conquer Europe and very nearly achieved that goal in World War II. In fact, not since Napoleon did any one country control so much of the continent. Here ...
COLOGNE, Germany (AP) — Three unexploded U.S. bombs from World War II were defused on Wednesday in Cologne after the German city’s biggest evacuation since the end of the war.
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The Lie That Sparked World War II

On the eve of World War II, a staged deception set the conflict in motion. This video examines the Gleiwitz incident, a false ...
To mark the 80th anniversary of the end of the war, we asked historians to share their favorite museums around the world.
An Indianapolis family buried a soldier in the 1940s, believing he was theirs. DNA now confirms his remains are finally being ...
The gestures of remembrance are part of a long, complicated — and sometimes controversial — effort to bring the German dead to rest, 80 years after a war that Nazi Germany started.
A German organization is painstakingly searching for fallen German soldiers in order to identify them and rebury them, 80 years after World War II ...