<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>World War II: News &amp; Videos about World War II - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/World_War_II</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about World War II from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:54:39 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>World War II: News &amp; Videos about World War II - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/US/09/18/medal.of.honor/tztop.monti.family.jpg</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/World_War_II</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about World War II from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Medal of Honor awarded sparsely in Iraq, 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downplays 'hero' talk</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/15/finn.medal.of.honor/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/09/15/finn.medal.of.honor/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Dozens of America's greatest military heroes are gathered in Chicago, Illinois, possibly the last large gathering of living Medal of Honor recipients.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Charming Gdansk full of 20th-century history</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/09/09/gdansk.poland/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/TRAVEL/getaways/09/09/gdansk.poland/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Standing at the end of Gdansk's long wooden pier, I realize that I can see two of the most important sites in 20th-century history: the spit of land where World War II began and the shipyard where the Cold War started its long and gradual final act.</description><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 16:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Leaders mark 70th anniversary of World War II</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/01/poland.ww2.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/01/poland.ww2.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At least 20 world leaders gathered Tuesday in Poland to commemorate the start of World War II 70 years ago -- a conflict in which 6 million Poles died.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 11:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>WWII anything but history for Poland</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/01/poland.war/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/09/01/poland.war/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>On a sand swept stretch of Afghanistan, a high-ranking Polish general put his country's mission there into perspective.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ed Henry: Normandy visit brings chills 65 years later</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/08/henry.normandy/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/06/08/henry.normandy/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>I knew my first visit to the American Cemetery at Normandy would be emotional, but I really had no idea I'd be tearing up literally within about eight minutes of walking the rows of bone-white gravestones.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Obama joins WWII vets for D-Day tributes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/06/dday.ceremony/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/06/06/dday.ceremony/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>World leaders gave thanks Saturday to military veterans for their efforts in the D-Day landings of 65 years ago at a ceremony in northwest France, warning that their legacy must not be forgotten as the world faces renewed threats of tyranny.</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 02:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nazi war crimes trial 'could be last of its kind'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/14/backgrounder.demjanjuk.warcrimes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/14/backgrounder.demjanjuk.warcrimes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The forthcoming trial in Germany of John Demjanjuk could be the last occasion on which a Nazi war crimes suspect faces prosecution.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 14:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iran like Nazi Germany, Israeli official says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/21/israel.iran.nazi/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/21/israel.iran.nazi/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Israel's vice prime minister compared Iran to Nazi Germany on Tuesday at the site of one of World War II's most notorious death camps.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Court signals concern over Demjanjuk's health in delay</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/16/us.nazi.suspect/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/16/us.nazi.suspect/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A federal appeals court Thursday delayed the potential deportation of Nazi war crimes suspect John Demjanjuk for at least a week, signaling concern over his ability to withstand a flight to Germany to stand trial.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nazi war crimes suspect granted emergency stay</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/14/us.nazi.suspect/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/14/us.nazi.suspect/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Nazi war crimes suspect John Demjanjuk was granted an emergency stay late Tuesday to block what appeared to be his imminent deportation to Germany.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 14:31:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nazi suspect's deportation appeal rejected</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/10/nazi.suspect.deportation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/10/nazi.suspect.deportation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A federal immigration board rejected an emergency appeal Friday for a stay of deportation filed by the lawyer for Nazi war crimes suspect John Demjanjuk.</description><pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Judge stays deportation of accused Nazi death camp guard</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/03/demjanjuk.deportation.stay/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/03/demjanjuk.deportation.stay/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An immigration judge with the U.S. Justice Department has granted a stay to John Demjanjuk, the Nazi war crimes suspect who had been ordered deported to Germany, his lawyer said Friday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 07:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.S. deports former Nazi guard to Austria</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/20/austria.nazi.guard.deported/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/03/20/austria.nazi.guard.deported/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An Austrian man who participated in a Nazi massacre of Jews during World War II and later gained U.S. citizenship has been deported to Austria, U.S. officials said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Vatican: Holocaust denier's apology not enough</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/27/holocaust.bishop/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/27/holocaust.bishop/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Vatican said Friday it is not satisfied by the apology issued by a Catholic bishop who denied the Holocaust, saying the cleric must still clearly "distance himself" from the controversial comments.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Feb 2009 16:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>African-American women's battalion from WWII honored</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/25/postal.battalion/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/25/postal.battalion/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The honors were late but still well-received Wednesday for members of the first all-African-American, all-female unit to serve overseas in World War II.</description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 13:27:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>France 'responsible' for Holocaust deaths</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/16/france.holocaust.court/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/02/16/france.holocaust.court/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>France bears responsibility for deporting Jews to their deaths in concentration camps during World War II, the country's highest court ruled Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Suspected WWII bomb wounds Okinawa worker</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/14/japan.wwii.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/14/japan.wwii.bomb/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A worker was severely injured Wednesday when a bomb, believed to be left over from World War II, went off at a construction site in Okinawa, police said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Japan fires military chief over WWII denial</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/japan.war.role/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/11/03/japan.war.role/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A state-run Chinese newspaper expressed relief Monday that senior Japanese officials had dismissed the country's air force chief after he denied Japan's aggression before and during World War II.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 07:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Joerg Haider's Troubled Legacy</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1849402,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1849402,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Rightist Joerg Haider's, dead in a car crash,  marshaled anti-immigrant sentiment, nationalism and even a bit of Nazi sympathy to change Austrian politics forever</description><pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Was Mussolini Misunderstood?</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839845,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1839845,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Comments by two Italian politicians open old wounds about the role of Italy's former fascist government</description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Secret stories of WWII spies revealed</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/14/spies.revealed/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/14/spies.revealed/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>At 94, Barbara Podoski finally gets to tell the story of how she punched a German sergeant in the face during World War II, when she was a secret U.S. interrogator.</description><pubDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 02:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Beheaded Hitler waxwork will be restored</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/07/germany.hitler/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/07/germany.hitler/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Madame Tussauds says it will repair the wax figure of Adolf Hitler beheaded by a visitor over the weekend and return it to its Berlin exhibition space as soon as possible.</description><pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nazi gold hunt ends, treasure hunter claims</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/02/28/nazi.gold/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/02/28/nazi.gold/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Treasure hunter Christian Hanisch told CNN Thursday that the hunt for Nazi Gold and possibly the legendary Amber Room will end Friday after the two men leading the expedition had a disagreement.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Treasure hunters dig for Hitler's gold</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/02/26/nazi.gold/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/02/26/nazi.gold/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Digging has resumed at a site in the southeastern German town of Deutschneudorf, where treasure hunters believe there are almost 2 tons of Nazi gold and possibly clues to the whereabouts of the legendary Amber Room, a prize taken from a Russian castle during World War II.</description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 19:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Albums cataloging Nazi-looted art presented to National Archives</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/01/nazi.art/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/01/nazi.art/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The discovery of two albums detailing stolen French art that the Nazis were to take to Germany for Adolf Hitler's personal collection was announced Thursday at the National Archives.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2007 02:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Poland's capital invites visitors to 'fall in love with Warsaw'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/10/16/warsaw/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/TRAVEL/10/16/warsaw/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>In Poland, it's polite to bring flowers when you visit 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She worked at Republic Aviation on Long Island as a mechanic and riveter on P-47 Thunderbolt fighters and other aircraft.</description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2007 03:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nazi board games to be sold in UK</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/23/nazi.games.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/08/23/nazi.games.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>An auction house in England plans to sell board games that German children played during World War II, winning points by destroying British cities and ships.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 10:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>PHOTO: Tom Cruise Movie Starts Rolling</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20047427,00.html</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20047427,00.html</guid><description>Despite its pre-production controversy, Tom Cruise quietly began shooting his latest film on Thursday in Germany, in a forest outside of Berlin.</description><pubDate>Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Commentary:  Latinos give PBS a history  lesson</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/14/navarrette/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/14/navarrette/index.html</guid><description>There is an ongoing battle between filmmaker Ken Burns and a coalition of Hispanic veterans, organizations and lawmakers over plans by Burns and the Public Broadcasting System to release a documentary on World War II that ignores the 500,000 Hispanics who served in the U.S. military during the war.</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 May 2007 12:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>60 years later, pain still fresh for WWII sex slave</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/comfort.women/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/27/comfort.women/index.html</guid><description>She's 78 years old, but for Lee Young-soo, life as she knew it ended at age 15 -- when the Japanese government forced her to become a sex slave for its military members during World War II.</description><pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Author Kurt Vonnegut dies at 84</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/04/12/obit.vonnegut/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/04/12/obit.vonnegut/index.html</guid><description>Kurt Vonnegut, whose absurdist visions and cynical outlook infused such books as "Slaughterhouse-Five" and "Cat's Cradle," has died. He was 84.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Apr 2007 14:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>CIA papers: U.S. failed to pursue Nazi</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/06/nazi.crimes/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/06/06/nazi.crimes/index.html</guid><description>The United States was told the location and approximate alias of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann more than two years before his capture but did nothing to pursue him, according to CIA documents released Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2006 18:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Frozen WWII airman identified</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/03/airman.identified/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/03/airman.identified/index.html</guid><description>The U.S. military has identified the body of a World War II airman that climbers found in October at the bottom of a glacier in the Sierra Nevada mountain range.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2006 03:02:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Remains of Pearl Harbor victim 'X-2' get a name </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/17/pearlharbor.remains/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/12/17/pearlharbor.remains/index.html</guid><description>Remains of a U.S. Navy sailor who was listed as missing in action after Japan's 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor have been identified and will be returned to his family, the Department of Defense said.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2005 14:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How do we know when, and if, we've won?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/14/morton.victory/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/14/morton.victory/index.html</guid><description>We will stay in Iraq, the president and his aides keep saying, until we have achieved victory. 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A dirty penny.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Mugabe, Chavez slam U.S. at U.N. event</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/17/un.mugabe.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/africa/10/17/un.mugabe.ap/index.html</guid><description>The leaders of Zimbabwe and Venezuela on Monday denounced President Bush and British Prime Minister Tony Blair as "unholy men," and blamed the United States and other developed countries for world hunger, pollution and war.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2005 16:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>World War II</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/08/15/extra.world.war.two/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/08/15/extra.world.war.two/index.html</guid><description>Use this explainer to help students understand the history of World War II, a topic relevant to current news.</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2005 20:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hiroshima still stokes controversy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/hiroshima.lessons/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/08/04/hiroshima.lessons/index.html</guid><description>The atomic bombing of Hiroshima -- an act that ushered in the nuclear age but also helped end World War II -- still stokes controversy 60 years on.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2005 04:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Berlin unveils Holocaust memorial</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/10/berlin.holocaust/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/10/berlin.holocaust/index.html</guid><description>Berlin has unveiled a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, ending 17 years of charged debate over how Germany should remember that grim period of its history.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2005 06:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush marks V-E Day in Red Square</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/09/bush.russia/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/09/bush.russia/index.html</guid><description>President Bush and dozens of other world leaders attended a celebration Monday in Moscow's Red Square marking the 60th anniversary of the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2005 02:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Georgia condemns 'immoral deals'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/08/georgia.president/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/08/georgia.president/index.html</guid><description>Georgia's president told CNN Sunday that the Yalta conference ending World War II created "one of the most immoral deals in the history of mankind."</description><pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2005 23:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush: 'Painful history' in Baltics</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/07/dutch.protest/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/05/07/dutch.protest/index.html</guid><description>U.S. President George W. Bush told the leaders of the three Baltic nations Saturday that "we recognize your painful history."</description><pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2005 14:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Hitler a tax dodger, says expert</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/12/17/hitler.tax/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/12/17/hitler.tax/index.html</guid><description>Adolf Hitler spent years evading taxes and owed German authorities 405,000 Reichsmarks -- equivalent to $8 million today -- by the time his tax debts were forgiven soon after he took power, a researcher says.</description><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2004 12:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush, Chirac seek to ease Iraq row</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/06/bush.europe/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/06/bush.europe/index.html</guid><description>U.S. President George W. Bush and French President Jacques Chirac have stressed their joint support for democratic strides being made in Iraq, although the French leader admitted he was troubled by the "level of chaos" in the Mideast country.</description><pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2004 04:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush in Europe on D-Day mission</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/05/bush.europe/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/05/bush.europe/index.html</guid><description>President Bush arrived in Paris Saturday as part of a 36-hour European trip designed to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the D-Day invasion of Normandy and drum up support for the war in Iraq.</description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2004 14:49:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>June 6, 1944: D-Day sets the stage</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/04/dday/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/04/dday/index.html</guid><description>It began as one of the greatest secrets in history. But by the end of June 6, 1944, the world knew the Normandy invasion was under way, turning the tide in World War II.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2004 14:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush faces protests in Italy</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/03/bush.italy/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/03/bush.italy/index.html</guid><description>President George W. Bush has arrived in Italy for the first stop on a European trip that will focus on the conflict in Iraq, as well as commemorating a war of six decades ago.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2004 00:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush compares Iraq, terror wars to World War II</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/02/bush.speech/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/02/bush.speech/index.html</guid><description>Invoking the words of Ronald Reagan, President Bush on Wednesday compared the war in Iraq and the fight against terrorism to World War II and the battle against communism.</description><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2004 18:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Warsaw Rising: Forgotten Soldiers of WWII'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/01/warsaw.rising/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/06/01/warsaw.rising/index.html</guid><description>On the weekend of the 60th anniversary of D-Day, "CNN Presents" looks at a little-known chapter of World War II that attempted to capitalize on the success of the Normandy landings.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2004 15:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Memories of War: WW II hero decorated 60 years later </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/05/31/hero.decorated/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/05/31/hero.decorated/index.html</guid><description>Among decorated veterans, at a place they now call their own, Michel Thomas is decorated for the first time -- at age 90.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 May 2004 19:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush: WWII Memorial a 'fitting tribute'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/05/29/bush.transcript/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/05/29/bush.transcript/index.html</guid><description>In dedicating the World War II Memorial, President Bush addressed more than 140,000 people who had gathered on Washington's National Mall.</description><pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2004 00:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>WWII veterans honored at memorial dedication</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/05/29/war.memorial/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/05/29/war.memorial/index.html</guid><description>Thousands of people gathered on Washington's National Mall on Saturday to pay tribute to the millions of Americans who served during World War II in the military and on the home front.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2004 12:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>WWII veteran: Memorial 'for generations to come to see'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/05/28/war.veterans/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/South/05/28/war.veterans/index.html</guid><description>A day before the dedication of the National World War II Memorial, and almost 60 years after the end of the war, CNN's Paula Zahn spoke with three American WWII veterans about what this tribute to their service means.</description><pubDate>Sat, 29 May 2004 00:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Memories of war: A soldier's story</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/05/28/soldier.remembers/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/05/28/soldier.remembers/index.html</guid><description>This Memorial Day weekend marks the dedication of the World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2004 19:52:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>WWII memorial dedication to salute heroes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/05/27/WWII.memorial/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/TRAVEL/05/27/WWII.memorial/index.html</guid><description>A highlight of the Memorial Day weekend will be Saturday's dedication of the National World War II Memorial, which caps the 16-year effort to honor the spirit and sacrifice of America's involvement in World War II.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2004 17:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>New AP exhibit displays gripping images of World War II</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/05/24/ap.exhibit/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/05/24/ap.exhibit/index.html</guid><description>Some pictures only a few people have seen. Others are so famous they're emblematic of the great conflict known as World War II.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2004 20:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Remembering World War II</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/24/collins/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/05/24/collins/index.html</guid><description>When you meet Pennsylvanian Robert Collins, radioman second class United States Navy (ret.) on a visit to the new World War Two Memorial in the nation's capital, you no longer care who was right or wrong in the argument over whether it should have been built on the mall between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2004 15:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Court-martial used to prosecute many different crimes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/18/court.martial.history.ap/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/05/18/court.martial.history.ap/index.html</guid><description>Through the years, members of America's armed forces have been court-martialed for bolting from the Battle of the Bulge, failing to zigzag a ship under attack, misplacing secrets that ended up in a Moscow newspaper and all manner of sexual misconduct.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2004 23:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>REDRAWING THE LINE ON DEFENSE Are U.S. forces stretched too thin in trying to protect so much of the world? Probably not, but it</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/04/25/70455/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1988/04/25/70455/index.htm</guid><description>THE ANGER-ANXIETY index is surging again, as it has periodically for as long as the U.S. has stationed troops overseas. Congressional critics of U.S. defense policy complain impatiently, sometimes ...</description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 1988 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>HOW BIG GOVERNMENT GETS THAT WAY It takes over new turf in time of crisis, then hangs on to much of it after the crisis is over.</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/08/31/69460/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1987/08/31/69460/index.htm</guid><description>When I was a summer intern with the Council of Economic Advisers in 1973, I worked in the Old Executive Office Building next to the White House. Being a curious type, I looked into the building's h...</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 1987 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>