The heroic stand of Finland against the Soviet Union in 1939 was a lesson for the ages.

The National WWII Museum today announced a new special exhibition: State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda, a traveling exhibition from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. The exhibition, which opens to the public on January 27, explores how the Nazi propaganda machine used biased information to sway public opinion in the years leading up to and during World War II. Organized chronologically, the exhibition is a rich multimedia experience that examines the definition of propaganda, how it operates, why it works and why it is so important to protect ourselves from its dangers.

The National WWII Museum today announced new dates for “The Rise and Fall of Hitler’s Germany” tour. Taking place from May 18 to May 29, 2017, the exclusive 12-day trip will explore Germany and Poland through the lens of the rise and fall of the Third Reich. Featuring noted historian Alexandra Richie, DPhil—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.
 

Seventy five years ago, the Allies launched a covert operation targeting Nazi Germany’s mail.

Epic victory: Euphoria at Stalingrad in the Great Patriotic War Museum.