How the strategic location of the diamond-shaped peninsula proved too much for the Germans.

By making the USS Indianapolis story a central plot point in Jaws, director Steven Spielberg introduced the story of the ship and its survivors to a wide audience, and with that larger audience came close scrutiny of how filmmakers told the story.

Torah scrolls recovered after the Holocaust found new homes at Touro Synagogue and Temple Sinai here in New Orleans.

The importance of World War II to Jean-Paul Sartre’s life and thought is often overlooked.

This new series features master’s student papers from the University of New Orleans. The first submission delves into American memory of World War II.