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Mildred Gillars was an American actress who was employed by the Third Reich in Nazi Germany to broadcast propaganda during World War II. Along with Rita Zucca, Gillars was nicknamed “Axis Sally”. Gillars was captured in Berlin following the end of the war, and was convicted of treason in the United States and sentenced to prison on March 8, 1949. In this video, a veteran recalls a warning his unit received from Axis Sally.

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Merrill’s Marauders were a special operations jungle warfare unit of the United States Army during World War II. The Marauders were organized as light infantry assault units who fought in South-East Asia, and were known for engaging Japanese forces behind Japanese lines. On February 24, 1944, the force began a 1,000 mile march that led them over the Patkai region of the Himalayas and into the Burmese jungle behind Japanese lines. In spite of the fact that they were almost always outnumbered, the Marauders managed to inflict more casualties than they suffered. Of the 2,750 Marauders who entered Burma, however, only two managed to avoid hospitalization for a wound or major illness. In this video, Joseph Robinson recalls his time as one of Merrill’s Marauders.

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Satchel Paige was an American baseball pitcher who played in both the Negro leagues and in Major League Baseball (MLB). On February 9, 1971, Paige was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame, becoming the first Negro leagues player to receive the honor. Paige was also the oldest rookie to play Major League Baseball, pitching his first MLB game for the Cleveland Indians at the age of 42. In this video, former teammates and opponents remember Paige’s talent. There is also a clip of Paige’s induction speech at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

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On February 8, 1942, Japan invaded Singapore, capturing the city-state on February 15, 1942. Singapore was the major British military base in South-East Asia. The capture of Singapore by the Japanese led to the largest surrender of British-led military personnel in history, making 80,000 troops prisoners of war. In this video, British military vet Ernest Warwick recalls being in Singapore when the Japanese invaded, and talks about what happened to him once he was captured.

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During World War II, Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish businessman and diplomat, saved the lives of tens of thousands of Jews living in Nazi-occupied Hungary. While working as Sweden’s special envoy in Budapest from July to December of 1944, Wallenberg issued protective passports and sheltered Jews in buildings designated as Swedish territory. On January 17, 1945, Wallenberg was arrested by the Soviets and disappeared.

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On January 13, 1942, Henry Ford patented a car made out of plastic that was 30% lighter than the average car of that day. This video shows footage of the plastic car.

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Zora Neale Hurston was an American author and folklorist, best known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God.

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Operation Anthropoid was the code name for the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, who was the head of the security services of Nazi Germany and was in charge of carrying out the Final Solution and Holocaust of the Jews in Europe. Preparations for the operation began on December 28, 1941, and the operation was carried out in Prague on May 27, 1942. Initially wounded in the attack, Heydrich later died of his injuries. Operation Anthropoid was an effort by British Special Operations

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Nat King Cole’s daughter, widow, and others explain what Cole’s “The Christmas Song” means to them and their relationship with the beloved icon. They also touch on the challenges the singer had to experience in his personal life with his health and the racism he endured throughout the 1940s and 1950s.

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It’s A Wonderful Life premiered in New York on December 20, 1946. It went on to be nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and continues to be one of the most critically-acclaimed American films of all time. In this video, Jimmy Stewart, who played George Bailey, talks about how the film was originally pitched to him. His response: “I said, Fran, if you want me to be in a picture about a guy that wants to kill himself and an angel comes down named Clarence and he can’t swim and I save him – When do I start?”

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