World War II was a global conflict involving nearly every country in the world. But who was on each side—and why?

World War II touched virtually every part of American life, even things so simple as the food people ate, the films they watched, and the music they listened to.

The National WWII Museum announces Memory Wars: World War II at 75 and Beyond conference, a first-of-its-kind educational event examining World War II’s place in public memory and how historians, filmmakers, media, memorials and museums help shape the legacy of the global conflict.

World War II was a global conflict involving nearly every country in the world. But who was on each side—and why?

November 24, 2010 (New Orleans, LA) – The Museum of Jewish Heritage’s award-winning exhibition, Ours to Fight For: American Jews in the Second World War, is now on display at The National World War II Museum in New Orleans through April 24, 2011.