On the 75th anniversary of VE-Day, a historian reflects on the destiny averted and greater historical meaning of the Allies’ victory over Nazi Germany.

Robert Riskin, head of the Bureau of Motion Pictures, was responsible for creating Projections of America, a documentary film series that became one of the most important propaganda initiatives of World War II.

Despite their contributions during the war, the end of the conflict brought uncertain years for women in military service.

For five days in 1943, a fashion fad was at the center of racial violence in Los Angeles.

Tensions arose almost immediately in Buchenwald between liberators and liberated.