In remembering Pearl Harbor, we remember who we are.

“Am Safe, A Prisoner of War in Germany; do not worry.”

“It was too much death to contemplate, too much savagery and suffering; and in August 1945 no one was counting. For those who had seen the face of battle and been in the camps and under the bombs—and had lived—there was a sense of immense relief.”

Experience the best of The National WWII Museum with an official guide in just two hours in our newest small-group tour of the Museum's world-class exhibits. Starting in The Arsenal of Democracy: The Herman and George R. Brown Salute to the Home Front, you’ll learn about the rise of Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, the growing tensions in the interwar period, and how the United States entered World War II.

Before the Allies could cross the Rhine River, Bernard Montgomery’s forces first had to pry the German defenders away from its western bank with two simultaneous operations: Veritable and Grenade.