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On March 12, 1938, German troops crossed the border into Austria and annexed the country without firing a single shot. They were met not with armed resistance, but with cheers and flowers. Thousands of Austrians turned out to greet Adolf Hitler as he traveled first to Linz and then on to Vienna. Meanwhile, terrified Jews, … Read more

In February 1943, the Allies were reeling. The German Afrika Korps, led by Erwin Rommel, had driven the British hundreds of miles across Libya. On February 14th, Rommel turned his attention to the inexperienced American forces that had just arrived in North Africa. He watched from a ridge as his panzers rolled toward 9,000 American … Read more

Deep in the Bavarian Alps, Adolf Hitler maintained a private residence called the Berghof, perched above Obersalzberg. Around it, his top ministers built their own homes, creating a tightly guarded Nazi alpine village. Hitler’s inner circle included Martin Bormann, Hermann Göring, and Albert Speer, along with guest houses for VIPs, barracks for his SS bodyguards, … Read more

In the autumn of 1971, two county health inspectors walked up a driveway in East Hampton, New York. At the end of it stood a large shingled house, three stories of weathered gray set back from the Atlantic Ocean. Two women were living inside. One was 76 years old. The other was 53. They were … Read more

She was born in a Colorado mining camp and died in a Georgetown townhouse. In between, Evalyn Walsh McLean owned the Hope Diamond, entertained presidents, and watched her family fall apart around her. Her father, Thomas Walsh, arrived in America as a penniless Irish immigrant. He spent two decades chasing gold before he found it. … Read more