FILE - A view taken from a Cub artillery observation plane on July 10, 1945, shows vast areas of destruction in Berlin, after repeated Anglo-American air raids on the German capital. Seen on the left, ...

The New York Times reported in 1939 that Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels terminated the careers of five prominent German comedians. Their crime? Making political jokes about the Nazi regime.

Tirpitz dominated the North Atlantic as one of Nazi Germany’s most feared weapons, forcing the Allies into years of relentless pursuit. But on November 12, 1944, precision bombing finally brought the ...