A memorial depicts FDR’s special relationship with ordinary Americans in a world verging on war.

How a forceful German counterattack in February 1944 could not push back the Allied Anzio landing.

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.

Fighting World War II presented daunting military obstacles overseas, but it also involved serious challenges for American communities on the Home Front. 

As the United States prepared for war, military leaders had a long list of needs—guns, tanks, ships, and equipment of every kind. One of the things they needed most of all, however, was people.