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FDR's D-Day Prayer
On June 6, 1944, President Franklin Roosevelt's usual "fireside chat" would be replaced with a joint prayer with the American people.
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Interview with Dr. Alexandra Richie, Author of "Warsaw 1944"
To commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Capture of Warsaw by Soviet forces, we reached out to Alexandra Richie, D.Phil, to shed light on this event.
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Allied Tactical Airpower in the Summer, Fall of 1944
From the hedgerows of Normandy across the rivers of northern France and into the dense forests of the Hürtgen and the Ardennes, Royal Air Force (RAF) and US Army Air Forces (USAAF) aircraft cleared the way for the advance of the Allied ground armies.
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Forgotten Fights: Stronghold: Ternopol, March-April 1944
Once Hitler declared a place a "stronghold," his men had no choice but to fight to the death.
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The People’s War: Women, Children, and Civilians in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising
Polish civilians played a critical role in the two-month long conflict in Warsaw.
Past Events
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Meet the Author: John Curatola, "Armies Afloat: How the Development of Amphibious Operations in Europe Helped Win World War II"
06/18/2025 | 4:30 PM - 6:30 PMJoin us in conversation with John Curatola, PhD, Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian at the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy.
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The National WWII Museum Presents "The Eyes of the World: From D-Day to VE Day"
06/06/2025 | 7:30 PM - 10:00 PMPresented by Priddy Family Foundation
Historian John Monsky joins The National WWII Museum and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra to bring you a musically driven multimedia experience capturing the dramatic final months of World War II in Europe.
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Remembering the D-Day Fallen
06/05/2025 - 06/06/2025Pay tribute to the 2,510 Americans who gave their lives during the D-Day invasion of Normandy through a moving visual display of luminaria.
