One of the more remarkable photos from the archive, this picture shows German prisoners of war clearing the Paddock area at ...

During the Second World War, hundreds of thousands of German (and Italian) PoWs were shipped to the United Kingdom and even the United States to be detained and await their trial. In March 1945, one ...

OAKFIELD — Laurie Nanni, president of the Oakfield Historical Society, was all smiles as she showed the detailed pencil-sketch of a woman's face, drawn in 1945. On the back of the sketch is written, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jean Shey was 12 when she first questioned her father’s judgment. He wanted to serve lunch to the Germans. Not neighbors ‒ ...

Minnesota played an important role during World War II. In the summers of 1944 and 1945, a group of about 60 German prisoners of war were brought to a camp at the Wright County Fairgrounds to help ...

WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY) — Wilmington was named American’s first ‘World War Two Heritage City’ in September of 2020, commemorating the role it played in the overseas conflict. While most people are aware ...

Jean Shey was 12 when she first questioned her father's judgment. He wanted to serve lunch to the Germans. Not neighbors ‒ prisoners of war in her town of Algona. Five of them. Men captured overseas ...