On November 3, 1943, Adolf Hitler called for a fundamental reorientation of German strategy to strengthen the west in preparation for an Anglo-American landing. 

The first American war correspondent to visit Nagasaki after the atomic bomb witnesses the randomness of fate. 

Traces of Hitler’s favorite architect, Albert Speer, spotted on the streets of Berlin.

Ordinary Germans debate Hitler and a deal with the devil in 1938.

Newlyweds in Russia pay homage to their WWII history.

A German looks back at his hometown as Hitler's Reich comes to power.

Memory and sorrow: An unforgettable tribute to the suffering of Mother Russia at the Great Patriotic War Museum.

Moments of relief and friendship in World War II: Ernie Pyle's black Zippo lighter.

Remembrance of Soviet heroes in the Hall of Glory at the Great Patriotic War Museum.

A Society for Military History White Paper byTami Davis Biddle, US Army War College, and Robert M. Citino, University of North Texas.