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History Through the Viewfinder
With a glimpse of Stalin's grave in Red Square, a brutal legacy rewinds.
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The Foundation of the Socialist Unity Party
On April 21, 1946, two political parties united, creating a single, dominant party in what became East Germany.
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The Allied Responses to the Warsaw Uprising of 1944
The Warsaw Uprising created a rift between Stalin and his Western Allies, which some historians argue anticipated the Cold War.
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The Potsdam Conference
The Big three met at Potsdam, Germany, in the summer of 1945 to discuss the fate of the world after World War II.
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The Casablanca Conference
World War II saw an unprecedented level of inter-Allied cooperation that led to the formation of new staff organizations like the US Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) and the US-British Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS).
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"Stalin's War: A New History of World War II"
06/23/2021 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMTwo prize-winning historians discuss one’s new work that reveals how Stalin—not Hitler—was the animating force of World War II in this major new history.
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"The German Military, the Third Reich, and World War II:" A Conversation with Michael Geyer, PhD
12/09/2020 | 11:00 AM - 12:00 PMJoin us for this fascinating exchange about the career and work of Dr. Michael Geyer, one of the foremost authorities on the German military, the Third Reich, and World War II.
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Yalta at 75: From World War to Cold War Symposium (SOLD OUT)
02/08/2020 | 9:00 AM - 5:00 PMJoin leading scholars for a daylong discussion about the Yalta Conference—from the run-up to the conference, the proceedings themselves, to the legacies of Yalta for the postwar world, for the Cold War, and for our own day.
