Japan and the postwar occupation.

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.

Both McArthur and Eisenhower were considered during the preparation for the 1948 presidential election.

Newlyweds in Russia pay homage to their WWII history.

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

From gas rationing to gas crisis!

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.

How baseball was almost canceled thanks to a world at war.

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.