Prior to World War II, there was a thriving American wristwatch industry, but it became a casualty of the war. 

The shocking and unexpected death of beloved war correspondent Ernie Pyle spawned many efforts to memorialize his storied life.

After World War II 1.2 million Eastern European displaced persons refused to return home, creating a large-scale refugee crisis.

When President Franklin Roosevelt created the War Refugee Board in January 1944, he tasked this new government agency with rescuing and providing relief for Jews and other groups facing Nazi persecution and murder in Europe. By that time, more than five million European Jews had already been murdered. The War Refugee Board staff used creativity and the near-certainty of Allied victory to aid hundreds of thousands of people in the final seventeen months of World War II.

A week before American units liberated their first concentration camp, the US 2nd Infantry Division uncovered one of the killing centers of the Nazi regime's so-called "euthanasia" program at Hadamar, Germany.

The Marshall Plan was a massive commitment to European recovery after World War II that was largely supported by Americans.

While Rosie the Riveter manned the wartime industries, the Annie Oakleys patrolled prisons as the first female guards.

Käthe Leichter (1895-1942) was a champion for working-class women in the Austrian labor movement.

During World War II, Nazi authorities condemned millions of Eastern Europeans to forced labor as part of an aggressive campaign to conquer and establish a colony in Eastern Europe.

Anna M. Rosenberg turned her experiences with military affairs during World War II into a  position as the first woman to serve as Assistant Secretary of Defense.