The National WWII Museum wishes to share a snapshot of the two Tiger programs during World War II. 

Join us in conversation with author and historian David Nasaw, PhD, whose new book reexamines postwar America and explores the challenges veterans faced as they struggled to rebuild their lives.

NEW ORLEANS (November 14, 2008) – Where is the legacy of the Holocaust? To Monika Hertwig, whose father perpetrated it, the layers of emo...

The National WWII Museum’s first International Conference on World War II in 2006 set the precedent for outstanding scholarship and public history on the most pivotal event of the modern era. The Museum will continue this important initiative November 17 through 19 in New Orleans at the 2016 International Conference, titled “1946: Year Zero—Triumph and Tragedy,” and covering the immediate postwar period and the new world left in the wake of the global struggle.

World War II transformed the United States from a midlevel global power to the leader of the “free world.” With this rapid rise in power and influence, the United States had to take on new responsibilities, signaling the beginning of the "American era."