Name, Rank, and Serial Number: The Legacy of the 1929 Geneva Convention
The origins of an iconic movie line and the refinement of rules for the treatment of prisoners of war.
The origins of an iconic movie line and the refinement of rules for the treatment of prisoners of war.
The Family Block Party is an event where our local audience can come together to celebrate many of New Orleans’s best community organizations.
Baseball boosted American morale during World War II and whipped soldiers, sailors, and pilots into fighting shape.
As fighting came to an end in 1945, people the world over faced for the first time the unprecedented extent of destruction and loss of life caused by World War II. As the costs of victory came into devastating focus, the diplomatic responses, rising global tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union, and social disruption that followed in the aftermath of this conflict showed that World War II was truly "the war that changed the world."
Born of desperation, the British tank attack at Arras on May 21, 1940 was a tactical failure with major strategic implications—and it may have helped to save the British army.
When restoring a vehicle, paint is one of the most important aspects.
How the wife of a US Navy officer figured out her husband's wartime location.
The National WWII Museum is committed to serving veterans and active duty military.
Even as World War II in Europe officially ended in May 1945, bitter fighting erupted across Eastern Europe as local partisans fought the Soviet occupation.
Kisatchie National Forest, the only in Louisiana, was home to a diverse training camp during the War known as Camp Claiborne.