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The Institute for the Study of War and Democracy is a community of scholars forming a national center for research, higher education, publications, and public programming, dedicated to promoting the history of World War II, the relationship between the war and America’s democratic system, and the war’s continued relevance for the world.
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The Words of War
Field Marshal Lord AlanBrooke's War Diaries, 1939–1945 offers a glimpse into one long day of the exhausting planning for D-Day.
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Beneath the streets of London and perfectly preserved, Churchill's Cabinet War Rooms offer an exhilarating opportunity to walk with WWII history.
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“All Those Who Fight for Freedom": Resisting the Germans before D-Day
Partisans risked everything to free Europe from fascist rule.
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The Words of War
We can see in this passage by British General Frederick Morgan the spirit that ultimately made the Overlord operation an unprecedented historical success.
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History Through the Viewfinder
A humble memorial on a sunny Caribbean island reminds the viewer how far world wars can reach.
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History Through the Viewfinder
Beneath the streets of London and perfectly preserved, Churchill's Cabinet War Rooms offer an exhilarating opportunity to walk with WWII history.
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“All Those Who Fight for Freedom": Resisting the Germans before D-Day
Partisans risked everything to free Europe from fascist rule.
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The Words of War
We can see in this passage by British General Frederick Morgan the spirit that ultimately made the Overlord operation an unprecedented historical success.
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The Words of War
Field Marshal Lord AlanBrooke's War Diaries, 1939–1945 offers a glimpse into one long day of the exhausting planning for D-Day.
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History Through the Viewfinder
A humble memorial on a sunny Caribbean island reminds the viewer how far world wars can reach.
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History Through the Viewfinder
"One simply feels a different and unsettling energy on the earth within those barbed wire fences."
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History Through the Viewfinder
Arriving in London in January 1944, Eisenhower assembles the strategic and tactical staff that will execute Operation Overlord.
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History Through the Viewfinder
His portrayal in the 1970 film Patton aside, British General Bernard L. Montgomery was a great asset to General Dwight D. Eisenhower in planning for the D-Day invasion.
