The Buildup for Invasion
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.
An Eyewitness to the USS Hornet's Last Battle
From the Museum's Digitial Collections, firsthand narration to accompany the recent images from 17,500 feet below the Pacific waves.
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The Words of War
We can see in this passage by British General Frederick Morgan the spirit that ultimately made the Overlord operation an unprecedented historical success.
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History Through the Viewfinder
A humble memorial on a sunny Caribbean island reminds the viewer how far world wars can reach.
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Fred Korematsu Day
Honoring a resistance icon who fought the WWII incarceration of Japanese Americans.
European Theater of Operations
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The Words of War
We can see in this passage by British General Frederick Morgan the spirit that ultimately made the Overlord operation an unprecedented historical success.
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The Words of War
Field Marshal Lord AlanBrooke's War Diaries, 1939–1945 offers a glimpse into one long day of the exhausting planning for D-Day.
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History Through the Viewfinder
A humble memorial on a sunny Caribbean island reminds the viewer how far world wars can reach.
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History Through the Viewfinder
"One simply feels a different and unsettling energy on the earth within those barbed wire fences."
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History Through the Viewfinder
Arriving in London in January 1944, Eisenhower assembles the strategic and tactical staff that will execute Operation Overlord.
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History Through the Viewfinder
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.
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Two Ambassadors: Bob Hope and Ernie Pyle
The war correspondent and the entertainer shared a mission to connect with those in service during World War II.
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Mail Call: A Christmas Postcard from a POW
“Am Safe, A Prisoner of War in Germany; do not worry.”
Pacific Theater of Operations
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An Eyewitness to the USS Hornet's Last Battle
From the Museum's Digitial Collections, firsthand narration to accompany the recent images from 17,500 feet below the Pacific waves.
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The Words of War
Liberated American POWs relate their experiences in the aftermath at Nagasaki.
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The Words of War
The first American war correspondent to visit Nagasaki after the atomic bomb witnesses the randomness of fate.
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The Words of War
Author Keith Lowe examines the legacies of the global conflict that shaped our modern world.
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Photo Finish: The Battle of Tarawa
Only the film With the Marines at Tarawa can convey the struggle and sacrifice of the Marines on the Pacific atoll.
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Launching the War? Hirohito and Pearl Harbor
A newly released memo sheds light on Japanese Emperor Hirohito's role in the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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Mail Call: Bo Perabo and Liberation in the Pacific
In a first letter home after his release from a Japanese POW camp, a fighter pilot thanks his family for their prayers.
