World War II (1939-45)
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News about World War II (1939-45), including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Chronology of Coverage
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Sep. 30, 2014
Op-Ed article by Prof Herbert P Bix criticizes Japanese government's new official biography of Emperor Hirohito; argues account perpetuates false but persistent image of Hirohito as a benign, passive figurehead, ignoring his role in atrocities of World War II; holds that such omissions are even more pernicious in light of Japanese government's avoidance of full-scale reckoning of its wartime conduct. MORE
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Sep. 30, 2014
Report declassified by Energy Dept makes it clear that Manhattan Project, 1940s effort to develop nuclear weapon, was threatened by leaks and espionage; report also reveals United States government's lack of awareness that wartime ally, the Soviet Union, was bent on stealing Manhattan Project secrets and developing its own nuclear bombs. MORE
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Sep. 18, 2014
Nijmegen Journal; showpiece bridge in Nijmegen, the Netherlands, connects old and new parts of rapidly growing community, and memorializes a bold World War II crossing. MORE
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Sep. 14, 2014
Exhibit June 13, 1942: Saboteurs Land in Amagansett, at East Hampton Historical Society's Clinton Academy Museum, presents details of Nazi plot to blow up processing plants, canals and bridges and young Coast Guardsman’s quick response (Metropolitan/Long Island). MORE
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Aug. 28, 2014
Japanese government spokesman says Prime Minister Shinzo Abe sent message of support to an April ceremony honoring more than 1,000 Japanese war criminals from World War II; move could worsen frictions between Japan and its neighbors, particularly China, over bitter war memories. MORE
ARTICLES ABOUT WORLD WAR II (1939-45)
Ousting of Goering, Himmler Revealed in Hitler's Papers; 2 Men Replaced Himmler
NUREMBERG, Germany, Dec. 30--Adolf Hitler's political testament, released in textual form today by the Allies, disclosed that he had expelled former Marshal Hermann Goering and the Gestapo chief, Heinrich Himmler, from the National Socialist ...
December 31, 1945, Monday
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Delegates to First UNO Assembly Board Liner for Voyage to London; OUR DELEGATES TO UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION MEETING LEAVE FOR LONDON
The hopes of the nation were outbound today with the mighty mistress of the seas, the Queen Elizabeth, as she carried delegates to the first meeting of the General Assembly of the United Nations Organization, scheduled to convene in London on Jan....
December 31, 1945, Monday
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Byrnes reveals situation was discussed at conf but no accord was reached
December 31, 1945, Monday
Traffic and Parking Snarl Faced by American Cities; HERE IS WHY YOUR 1946 AUTOMOBILE IS NOT RUNNING
A post-war traffic and parking problem of primary magnitude confronts municipalities throughout the United States, with little or inadequate planning under way to cope with it, according to a countrywide survey just completed by THE NEW YORK TIMES.
December 31, 1945, Monday
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Fog and Ice Force Truman Yacht Back
fog and ice force yacht to anchorage off Quantico, Va
December 31, 1945, Monday
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U.S. Sweeper Hits Mine; Blast in Japan Kills Some
US minesweeper Minivet hits mine, off Kyushu Is; casualties; damage
December 31, 1945, Monday
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UNO DELEGATIONS LISTED; Ecuador and Guatemala Sending Diplomats to Assembly
Guatemala and Ecuador delegations listed
December 31, 1945, Monday
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U.S. AS HOME OF UNO HELD PEACE CENTER; Adlai Stevenson Says Other Nations Will Learn From Our 'Vibrant Democracy' SEES BIG FIVE RESTRAINT Acting Delegate Declares 'Will to Peace' Must Be Nurtured Among Big Powers
LONDON, Dec. 30--Describing America as the new "center of world policy for peace" and predicting that the establishment in the United States of the headquarters of the United Nations Organization "will enable us to rid ourselves of any vestiges of...
December 31, 1945, Monday
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LEAGUE ENDS WORK, CHALLENGING UNO; Report to Impending Meeting of Geneva Body Stresses Transferring of Functions
LONDON, Dec. 30--The League of Nations will go down fighting when it holds its last Assembly meeting early in 1946 and throws out its final challenge in a "Report on the Work of the League During the War," which was made available here today.
December 31, 1945, Monday
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Stark to Testify in Pearl Harbor Inquiry As Hearings Resume Today After Recess
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30--Admiral Harold R. Stark, Chief of Naval Operations in 1941, will take the stand tomorrow before the joint Congressional Committee investigating the Pearl Harbor disaster as the first witness after a nineday holiday recess.
December 31, 1945, Monday
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