A humble memorial on a sunny Caribbean island reminds the viewer how far world wars can reach.   

On January 27, 1945, the Soviet Red Army liberated a Nazi concentration camp outside Oswiecim, Poland, known today as Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Arriving in London in January 1944, Eisenhower assembles the strategic and tactical staff that will execute Operation Overlord. 

His portrayal in the 1970 film Patton aside, British General Bernard L. Montgomery was a great asset to General Dwight D. Eisenhower in planning for the D-Day invasion. 

The war correspondent and the entertainer shared a mission to connect with those in service during World War II.  

“Am Safe, A Prisoner of War in Germany; do not worry.”

Sheet music of the popular song, purchased in 1943, is one little girl’s lifetime link to Technical Sergeant Neal K. Moore.

“On our fighting front, there are no silent nights, but there are plenty of holy nights."

The 1st Infantry Division, the “Big Red One,” arrives in England in the fall of 1943 as part of the buildup for the Invasion of France.

Jews resisted the Nazis even under the most desperate circumstances in 1943.