Hawaii’s initial importance to the US Army was not due to long-term planning, but it would become a crucial piece of a defensive network in the Pacific.

Known as a tropical paradise today, for many sailors before December 7, 1941, it was just another port of call during their naval service.

Louisiana was dotted with Army Air Fields during World War II. Most of them exist today as civilian airports, their military history long forgotten.

Hitler had from the beginning posited the war effort as presenting only two possible outcomes: total victory or absolute defeat.

His portrayal in the 1970 film Patton aside, British General Bernard L. Montgomery was a great asset to General Dwight D. Eisenhower in planning for the D-Day invasion.