The WWII generation came of age in an era when popular literature condemned the futility of war. In Citizen Soldiers, Stephen Ambrose explored the cultural context from which those men and women emerged to do what had to be done. 

A haunting visit to Mulberry "B" on Gold beach.

A WWII memorial in Volgograd stands as a testament to memory, innocence, and the evil of war.

Stalingrad 1942: Control of the Volga by an invader could mean the fatal division of the Soviet Union.

In the grisly battle for European air supremacy, the Luftwaffe proved a deadly foe to Allied bombers.

Despite the lack of proper diet and medical supplies, the proliferation of tropical disease, constant enemy bombardments, and the threat of being overrun by a fanatical enemy, American forces held on to “The Island of Death.”

As the premiere episode of the new PBS documentary miniseries shows, America’s involvement in Vietnam can be tracked back to World War II.

The  traveling exhibit tells the story of how World War II became the major catalyst in the 20th century for African Americans seeking change in their fortunes, both on the Home Front and in the American military.

The Japanese continued to push hard to take Henderson Field, yet they never got as close to victory as they had the night of the attack on Edson’s Ridge

Seventy-five years after the Germans began their attack on Stalingrad, a look at the Volga from atop Mamayev Kurgan.