After World War II 1.2 million Eastern European displaced persons refused to return home, creating a large-scale refugee crisis.

The Marshall Plan was a massive commitment to European recovery after World War II that was largely supported by Americans.

Käthe Leichter (1895-1942) was a champion for working-class women in the Austrian labor movement.

In March 1942, a special exhibit opened in New York City of 14 pieces of art each contributed by 14 artists who had escaped Nazi-occupied Europe.

For Allied leaders, 1942 was a year of incredible danger and anxiety in the Battle of the Atlantic.

Soldiers of the US Army’s 34th Infantry Division, the “Red Bull” Division, landed in Belfast, Northern Ireland on January 26, 1942.

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.