Planning the Overlord assault didn’t just happen overnight. It was a result of a prewar doctrinal framework built upon six identified components for an amphibious assault.

Haley Guepet, PhD, is the Research Fellow at The National WWII Museum’s Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy. 

Private First Class Ferris LeBlanc served his country honorably during World War II. But the credit due to him was denied thanks to the tragic circumstances of his death in the Up Stairs Lounge fire in 1973.

A description of how the Monuments Men came into existence, and how two of its members were among the first officers sent to the front lines. A story of how one of the largest repositories of art stolen by the Nazis was found.

For the 106th Infantry Division, the Opening of the Bulge was a Death Blow.