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Making Automobiles Last During World War II
Civilian workers struggle to keep their cars running amid strict wartime restrictions.
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The Declaration of the United Nations in the Aftermath of Pearl Harbor
On January 1, 1942, 26 countries signed the Declaration of the United Nations and 21 more countries formally joined the alliance prior to the end of World War II.
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Hope for Next Year: New Year’s Letters From World War II
Many American servicemen and women expressed hopes for the next year in wartime New Year’s mail.
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Money Matters: The Short Snorter Saga
The vestige of a peculiar tradition, short snorters served as both wartime souvenir and membership certificate to a special club.
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10 Notable World War II Books of 2021
Must-reads of 2021 picked by historians and scholars in the Institute for the Study of War and Democracy.
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Winston Churchill's Christmas Meeting with FDR
An interview with Anthony Tucker-Jones, author of the newly released Churchill: Master and Commander.
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Warsaw Burning: The German Response to the Warsaw Uprising
The German response to the Warsaw Uprising was characterized by ruthless terror and unrelenting bloodshed, which caused civilian support to drastically diminish.
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Confronting the Histories of Vichy and European Fascism: An Interview with Robert O. Paxton
Robert O. Paxton’s work continues to educate the world about the history of Vichy France, the emergence of fascism, and the Holocaust in France.
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Lt. Aubrey Rion, 501st Parachute Infantry
Lt. Aubrey Rion was one of 19,000 Americans killed during the Battle of the Bulge.
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The People’s War: Women, Children, and Civilians in the 1944 Warsaw Uprising
Polish civilians played a critical role in the two-month long conflict in Warsaw.
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Proclamation 2527 and the Internment of Italian Americans
The surveillance and detention of Italian Americans after Pearl Harbor is a little-known piece of WWII history.
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A Shared Enmity: Germany, Japan, and the Creation of the Tripartite Pact
Shared enmity toward Franklin D. Roosevelt’s United States of America is what brought Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan together again in the early fall of 1940 to certify a new agreement.