List of World War II articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 WWII query: Why did France surrender so quickly while Russia held out for years?
Best of Best Defense: Number 1 in our list of the most viewed posts of 2015. This post ran originally on June 2.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Wisdom of Japan’s Cunning Contrition
Questions for Jennifer Lind, an expert on apologies in international politics.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 What Foreign Policy Staff Read in 2015
FP staff share some of the best books they read in 2015.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Very Unscientific Inquiry Into the Etymology of the Phrase ‘Iron-Ass’
A theory on where former President George H.W. Bush discovered the phrase "iron-ass."
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A picture dated 1939 shows German Nazi Chancellor Adolf Hitler giving the nazi salute during a rally next to "Deputy Furhrer" Rudolf Hess. AFP PHOTO / FRANCE PRESSE VOIR (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images) A Lesson for Netanyahu From a Real Holocaust Historian
Bibi's self-serving, Palestinian-blaming version of Nazi history is just plain wrong.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Auschwitz Probably Shouldn’t Have Installed Mist Showers for Tourists
To prevent panic among naked prisoners on their way to die, Nazi guards promised group showers. But after the steel doors closed, Zyklon B pellets would drop into the chambers, filling them with noxious fumes that spared no one.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Shinzo Abe Regrets but Declines to Apologize for Japan’s WWII Actions
The Japanese leader is trying to overhaul his country's constitution to allow for a more assertive military.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Does It Matter Whether Japan Says Sorry for Its Wartime Behavior?
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is about to give a major speech on Japan’s World War II aggression. But in Tokyo, history is never really about history.