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Sealing the Third Reich's Downfall: Adolf Hitler's "Nero Decree"
Faced with his regime’s collapse, Adolf Hitler chose to destroy Germany’s infrastructure.
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Bombing Berlin: The Biggest Wartime Raid on Hitler's Capital
On March 18, 1945, the biggest wartime bombing raid on Berlin showed that the German air force was still a dangerous and defiant foe.
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Hitler's Precision-Guided Bombs: Fritz X & Hs 293
German technology surpassed the Allies' with the production of radio-guided weapons that worked in a combat environment. As early as 1943, the Henschel (Hs) 293 and the Ruhrstahl X-1 (Fritz X) were the first guided bombs employed in combat. These weapons debuted around the time of the Allied assault on Salerno and were a new concern for fleet defense.
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Meet the Author: Mike Croissant, "Bombing Hitler’s Hometown: The Untold Story of the Last Mass Bomber Raid of World War II in Europe"
05/07/2025 | 4:30 PM - 6:30 PMJoin us in conversation with Mike Croissant, author of Bombing Hitler’s Hometown.
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Hitler's Atlantic Wall Arrives in New Orleans
The National WWII Museum is gifted with a portion of the Atlantic Wall from the Utah Beach Museum in France. The three pieces of the wall, an artifact from the D-Day invasion, will be on display indefinitely at the New Orleans museum.
Past Events
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The Rise and Fall of Hitler's Germany (May 30 - June 10, 2023)
05/30/2023 - 06/10/2023 | 12:00 AMFeaturing noted historian Dr. Alexandra Richie, The National WWII Museum's exclusive 12-day trip explores Germany and Poland through the lens of the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Led by Dr. Richie—one of the world's foremost experts on World War II in Europe—the tour will visit Berlin's Olympic Stadium and Reichstag; sites of the Third Reich's exploits and atrocities across Europe at Auschwitz, Wannsee, and Warsaw; as well as stunning cathedrals and Teutonic castles. With full-time guides and historians to add depth and context to every stop and special guests with firsthand recollections of the war years, travelers will have access to a uniquely immersive historical view of Germany and Poland as they travel in comfort to some of Europe's most extraordinary sites.
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Meet the Author Lynne Olson, Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
03/08/2023 | 5:00 PM - 7:00 PMAuthor Lynne Olson and Steph Hinnershitz, PhD, Senior Historian in the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy, will discuss Olson’s just-released book about a young woman who helped the French Resistance against the occupying Nazis and then spearheaded one of the most important archaeological preservation efforts in the post-war period.
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The Rise and Fall of Hitler's Germany (September 13 - 24, 2022)
09/13/2022 - 09/24/2022 | 12:00 AMFeaturing noted historian Dr. Alexandra Richie, The National WWII Museum's exclusive 12-day trip explores Germany and Poland through the lens of the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Led by Dr. Richie—one of the world's foremost experts on World War II in Europe—the tour will visit Berlin's Olympic Stadium and Reichstag; sites of the Third Reich's exploits and atrocities across Europe at Auschwitz, Wannsee, and Warsaw; as well as stunning cathedrals and Teutonic castles. With full-time guides and historians to add depth and context to every stop and special guests with firsthand recollections of the war years, travelers will have access to a uniquely immersive historical view of Germany and Poland as they travel in comfort to some of Europe's most extraordinary sites.
