The horrific casualty toll of World War II in Asia, especially China, helped determine the important decisions about how to bring it to an end.

In December 1942, a week before Christmas, the Allied governments issued a statement exposing a monstrous chain of events in Nazi-occupied Europe.

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The National WWII Museum has appointed Robert M. Citino, PhD, a highly regarded WWII scholar and educator, to the position of Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian. Citino comes to the Museum following academic postings at the University of North Texas, Eastern Michigan University, Lake Erie College, the US Military Academy and the US Army War College. In addition to publishing nine books and myriad articles on World War II and other 20th century military subjects, Citino has been a regular speaker at the Museum’s International Conference on World War II and offered lectures during the institution’s D-Day 70th anniversary cruise.

The National WWII Museum is embarking on a major new initiative, this time online, with the release of 150 oral histories and 5,000 wartime images, including rare color photos. Fully searchable, this digital collection forms the nucleus of what will become an ever-expanding repository of fascinating WWII materials accessible to all at ww2online.org.