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After his first P-51 ride since May 1945, pilot Stephen Ananian discusses flying one of WWII's signature aircraft.
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On the Road with The National WWII Museum
There is nothing like seeing the sights of World War II firsthand.
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The Eighth Air Force vs. The Luftwaffe
In the grisly battle for European air supremacy, the Luftwaffe proved a deadly foe to Allied bombers.
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History Through the Viewfinder
Seventy-five years after the Germans began their attack on Stalingrad, a look at the Volga from atop Mamayev Kurgan.
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Remembering Donald Malarkey
The Easy Company veteran “was the strongest man I’ve ever met,” says the actor who portrayed him in HBO’s Band of Brothers.
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Michael McShane’s Life Jacket
A remarkable artifact survives to tell the story of the first moments of the Battle of the Atlantic.
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Friction
In a global conflict of exploding bombs and shells—tens of millions of them on land, sea, and in the air—setting one off in Hitler's headquarters might seem like the simplest thing in the world.
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Looting the Reich: German Wound Badge
As the war wound down, Allied soldiers scavenged any Nazi loot they could find, often with dire consequences. A solider named Larry Hirschbach uncovered what is now one of the Museum's most prized possessions.
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Sergeant Benton J. Broussard
A native of Crowley, Louisiana, the bilingual Broussard served as a translator for the 507th Infantry Regiment, giving his life shortly after D-Day.
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Sergeant Irving Becker
An Austrian Jew serving in the US military, Irving Becker endured discrimination from both ally and foe during World War II. He ended up a crucial part of one of the most elite Allied forces ever assembled.
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Dunkirk
Senior Historian Robert M. Citino, PhD, on Christopher Nolan’s WWII epic: “Nolan is particularly good at weaving together war’s three domains: on land, at sea, and in the air. The air battles, often a weak and confusing bore in war films, are as well-presented as any I’ve ever seen, and the German Stuka attacks, especially, are terrifying. No war film is truly realistic, but Dunkirk is as good as it gets.”