Must-reads of 2021 picked by historians and scholars in the Institute for the Study of War and Democracy. 

The signing of the Anti-Comintern Pact between Germany and Japan in 1936 was one of the truly momentous and horrifying conjunctures of the twentieth century.

Pilot Officer Billy Fiske was the first US citizen to travel to the United Kingdom at the onset of World War II to join the Royal Air Force, and was one of seven American pilots to take part in the Battle of Britain.

The final installment of the story of the Hesse Heist covers the trials of Nash, Durant, and Watson.

As an adult, Janine Simone Hopkins was encouraged by her family to record her experiences and reflections of her life in Paris during the German occupation. 

Attached to Canadian and British forces, the first Americans to see ground combat in Europe witnessed disaster at Dieppe.

How Soviet occupation policy in Austria took shape warrants more attention.

This article examines how World War II marked an important moment in the political history of modern zoos.

To ensure that “justice” was done at Nuremberg, American occupation officials set German war criminals free decades ahead of schedule.

When the war in Europe ended in the spring of 1945, Romani survivors were scattered, exhausted, and traumatized.

Part III of the story of the Hesse Heist tells the story of the discovery and theft of the jewels.

This article looks at the experiences of four Black GIs—two in the European theater and two in the Pacific theater—in the Quartermaster Corps, the Army’s chief logistics branch.