When World War I ended in 1918, the American public was eager to reduce the country’s involvement in world affairs.

Iconic entertainer of the Jazz Age, famous for her risqué performances, Josephine Baker responded to the start of World War II by becoming a spy for the French Resistance. Known as the “Creole Goddess” of France, Baker used her celebrity to gain access to high-ranking Axis officials. 

The 1944 massacre became the norm for the Third Reich's war in Italy. 

Eva Michaelis-Stern Dedicated Her Life to Aiding the Vulnerable

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.