Travel Webinar: Japan and Okinawa with Jonathan Parshall

Join The National WWII Museum's Educational Travel Team and Historian William I. Hitchcock as they explore the highlights of this upcoming journey through Normandy and into the heart of Paris.

 

 

Watch as historian Jonathan Parshall and Senior Director of Educational Travel Sarah Kirksey provide an overview of Victory in the Pacific: Japan and Okinawa, an exclusive tour from The National WWII Museum. Running from October 1–11, 2025, this journey commemorates the end of the war in the Pacific, tracing the final battles from Tokyo to Okinawa. Guests will explore the Japanese civilian experience at the National Showa Memorial Museum, travel by bullet train to Hiroshima—the site of the first atomic bombing in 1945—and pay tribute to the fallen at Okinawa, the largest land battle of the Pacific theater. Parshall and Kirksey will offer expert insights through lectures and on-location commentary, bringing this pivotal history to life.

Learn more about the tour here.