On D-Day, Higgins boats landed thousands of GIs on French shores. Often overlooked in comparison to the LCVP is its "big brother"—the Landing Craft Mechanized.
How the looming Cold War convinced Americans to keep troops in Europe after the war.
The National WWII Museum's annual celebration of the values and spirit of those who served our country during World War II and throughout history.
The National WWII Museum today announced a new special exhibition: State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda, a traveling exhibition from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC. The exhibition, which opens to the public on January 27, explores how the Nazi propaganda machine used biased information to sway public opinion in the years leading up to and during World War II. Organized chronologically, the exhibition is a rich multimedia experience that examines the definition of propaganda, how it operates, why it works and why it is so important to protect ourselves from its dangers.
The Institute for the Study of War and Democracy is delighted to host the 2021 “Faith in Wartime Lecture” presented by Baptist Community Ministries, featuring Kelly A. Hammond, PhD.
Join us for our December 11 Virtual Innovation Studio! Explore binary code by making a candy cane with binary letters, create a light-up circuit greeting card, and make a snow ball catapult to learn about trajectories!
Join us for the concluding event of our 80th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor programming, a discussion that covers a sweeping history of America’s long and fateful military relationship with the Philippines amid a century of Pacific warfare.