Attached to Canadian and British forces, the first Americans to see ground combat in Europe witnessed disaster at Dieppe.

Mauthausen, one of the worst of the Nazi concentration camps, was liberated by the American 11th Armored Division on May 5, 1945.

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

Yan Mann is a Clinical Assistant Professor of History and the Program Lead of the World War II Studies master’s degree program at Arizona State University.

The Berlin Airlift: From the position of the cockpit, WWII pilots Chuck Childs and Gail Halvorsen commit themselves to one of the greatest examples of humanitarian aid.