Seventy-five years after the Germans began their attack on Stalingrad, a look at the Volga from atop Mamayev Kurgan.

Welcome to a new podcast series where we revisit some of our most riveting and educational discussions on World War II. This episode is brought to you by the Museum’s Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War & Democracy and the WWII Media & Education Center.

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

Reflections on the greatest tank battle in history: The Kursk diorama at the Great Patriotic War Museum. 

World War II was a global conflict involving nearly every country in the world. But who was on each side—and why?