Event Recap

10th International Conference on World War II

Panels and presentations, signings and socializing -- a photo gallery from the  annual New Orleans convening of hundreds of WWII scholars, students, and enthusiasts.

Thanks to all who attended the 10th International Conference on World War II. Panels and presentations, signings and socializing -- the Conference is an annual New Orleans convening of hundreds of WWII scholars, students, and enthusiasts. Starting in US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center on the Museum campus for a prelude Symposium (which this year carried the theme "Hitler in History"), the gathering then moved to the Hyatt Regency New Orleans for two more stimulating days of interplay between WWII authors and their audience. All of the Conference sessions are archived at Livestream.com/nww2m for free replay.

Save the date for the 2018 Conference, scheduled for November 29 to December 1. Details, including an early bird bonus for those who register before September 1, here: ww2conference.com See you there! 

Below, watch the Conference's opening keynote address by Museum Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian Robert M. Citino. The topic is his most recent book, The Wehrmacht's Last Stand:The German Campaigns of 1944-1945. Shop the Museum Store to purchase a signed copy.  

 

  • Alexandra Richie

    Alexandra Richie.

  • dunkirk panel

    Jens Westemeier, Allan Millett, and Robert M. Citino. 

  • Norman Ohler

    Norman Ohler. 

  • Danny Orbach

    Danny Orbach. 

  • Richard Evans

    Richard Evans. 

  • James Holland

    James Holland. 

     

  • Conrad Crane and Alexandra Richie.

    Conrad Crane and Alexandra Richie. 

  • Rick Atkinson and Gordon H. “Nick” Mueller.

    Rick Atkinson and Gordon H. “Nick” Mueller. 

  • Soldiers coming ashore at Normandy on D-Day
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    D-Day: The Allies Invade Europe

    In May 1944, the Western Allies were finally prepared to deliver their greatest blow of the war, the long-delayed, cross-channel invasion of northern France, code-named Overlord.

  • Pacific Strategy Map
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    The Pacific Strategy, 1941-1944

    On December 7, 1941, Japan staged a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, severely damaging the US Pacific Fleet. When Germany and Italy declared war on the United States days later, America found itself in a global war.