Despite being overlooked in many circles, American “Lend-Lease” support sent to the USSR not only tipped the scales in Eastern Europe but enabled the victory on the Russian Front.
News of the crushing Soviet victory at Stalingrad in February 1943 over the Third Reich and its satellite states struck the rest of Europe, indeed the globe, like a thunderbolt.
George P. Shultz, WWII veteran, long-time public servant, and friend of The National WWII Museum, passed away on February 6, 2021, at the age of 100.