The July 1945 British election shocked the world, with Winston Churchill and the Conservatives voted out, and Clement Attlee and the Labour Party voted in.
Veterans Day profile of Pearl Harbor Survivor and friend of the Museum Armando “Chick” Galella.
The National WWII Museum celebrated the next milestone in its $325 million expansion with a Grand Opening ceremony for the new US Freedom Pavilion: The Boeing Center. An expansive, patriotic and emotional ceremony was matched only by the grandeur and glory of the new pavilion, which opened to the public today.
After parachuting on Tagaytay Ridge, Manuel Pérez participated in the horrendous fighting with the Japanese in the Philippines' capital city of Manila, the scene of some of the bloodiest urban combat of the war.
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.
A Lecture Series from the World War II Challenge with Crescent City Classic
Join us for a conversation with Jonathan Parshall, coauthor of Shattered Sword: The Untold Story of the Battle of Midway. First published in 2007, Shattered Sword brought to light newly available information from Japanese sources.
Join us for Witnessing the Outbreak—an international debate and the next webinar in the World War II: Witnesses and Memory series, organized jointly by the Pilecki Institute and The National WWII Museum in New Orleans.
Join us for a special partnered program with the Intrepid Museum as well as fellow veterans, servicemembers, and their loved ones for a virtual staycation.