The strength, depth, and impact of the 1944 Slovak National Uprising made it one of the largest and most important anti-fascist campaigns in Europe during World War II.

As the culmination of Real to Reel: World War II in Film, Documentaries & Newsreels, a three-day Conference exploring the relationship between our memories and perceptions of WWII and the medium of film, The National World War II Museum will examine the relationship between the real men of Easy Company and how they were portrayed on film with the April 12 presentation Band of Brothers – Translating Real Life to Film. This special event is sponsored by HBO.

As dozens of their players left the gridiron for battlefields overseas, the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh joined forces to keep the decimated NFL squads up and running.

Frank Fujita’s American citizenship and Japanese heritage made his time as a prisoner of the Japanese particularly torturous.

Three groups were at the heart of post-war German fears of revenge: Jewish Holocaust survivors, Eastern European Displaced Persons, and American occupation officials.