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Articles with keyword "World War II"

A diver examines the wreck of U-85.

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Into the Deep

By Amy Lifson

U-boats off the Carolina Coast were part of Germany's attack against American shipping in World War II.

Frenchman weeps as Germans occupy Paris

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Julien Green: The End of a World

By Francis-Noël Thomas

As Germany occupied France, Green brought Paris to life in his superlative diaries.

Churchill and FDR at Second Washington Conference

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Friends and Allies

By Meredith Hindley

Over their staffs' objections, Roosevelt and Churchill set in motion the invasion of North Africa.

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Extraordinary Lives

A group who saved Western art from Nazi looting and a California farmer who redefined ancient warfare are included in the latest list of National Humanities Medalists.

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Liebling's War

By Francis-Noël Thomas

A. J. Liebling’s World War II journalism climbed to great literary heights, even as it stayed close to the ground.

Stein in France with her longtime friend Bernard Faÿ

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The Strange Politics of Gertrude Stein

By Barbara Will

Was the den mother of modernism a fascist?

Helen Clay Frick standing, wearing black trench coat, in Belgium.

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All the Art

By Amy Lifson

The records division at the Frick continues working toward the great goal of its founder.

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Found in Translation

By Steve Moyer

About soldiers-turned-defendants, a novelist-turned-interpreter, and French-turned-English.

Seaside farmers plowing

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Seashore Farmers

By Emilie Raymer

U-boats off the coast of Virginia.

P. F. Kluge encourages aspiring writers to use island life in their fiction.

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Talking to Saipan

American lit in a Pacific outpost.