While battles raged across the world, three great works of "PPE"—Philosophy, Politics, and Economics—were published during World War II, and remain relevant today.

On the 75th anniversary of VE-Day, a historian reflects on the destiny averted and greater historical meaning of the Allies’ victory over Nazi Germany.

The Battle of Berlin Remembered: The Soviet War Memorial in the Tiergarten

Adolf Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945 after being hunted by Soviet troops storming Berlin.

As Americans unite to defeat the Coronavirus, here are five great books that cover how Americans on the home front united to achieve victory in World War II.

Denise Kiernan's The Girls of Atomic City captures a wonderful social history of how women made the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge, Tennessee successful.

The Unwomanly Face of War is Svetlana Alexievich's masterpiece of women in the Soviet Great Patriotic War.

The Power of Memory and Changing Views of History

Follow the largest battle in the history of the US Army as experienced on the Road to Berlin permanent exhibit gallery.

The Battle of the Bulge was the US Army's greatest struggle to deny Adolf Hitler's last chance for victory.