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National World War II Museum executives and exhibit designers discussed the creation of Liberation Pavilion, the museum’s seventh and final permanent exhibit hall. The National World War II …

Actor Tom Hanks joined World War II veterans and Holocaust survivors to celebrate the opening of the National World War II Museum’s Liberation Pavilion. The exhibit hall explores the end of …

Historian Nick Mueller discussed working with author Stephen Ambrose to create the National World War II Museum. Nick Mueller serves as President and CEO Emeritus of the National World War I…

The cast and crew of the World War II miniseries Band of Brothers talked about the show’s quest for authenticity and what it took to portray the actions of Easy Company. The National World W…

Authors Ian Johnson (Faustian Bargain) and Sean McMeekin (Stalin’s War) discussed foreign relations between Germany, the Soviet Union, and the United States in the lead-up and aftermath of W…

Lynne Olson, author of Last Hope Island, talked about the World War II alliance between Winston Churchill’s Great Britain and the leaders of European nations who fled to London following the…

Many people think of commanders like Eisenhower and soldiers storming the beaches of France when they think of D-Day. However, the full picture of the massive operation is much larger than t…

Historians David Stahel and Reina Pennington presented talks on two aspects of what the 1944 Soviet summer offensive called “Operation Bagration.” In June of 1944, the Red Army launched a ma…

National World War II Museum President and CEO Emeritus Nick Mueller talked about D-Day, the 1944 allied invasion of Normandy, France, during World War II. This talk was part of the Museum’s…

Historian and author Gerhard Weinberg talked about the lessons learned from World War II. This talk was part of the National World War II Museum’s 2018 annual international conference.

In 1998, the Academy Award-winning World War II film Saving Private Ryan was released in theaters. The movie portrayed the 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy and the mission to find a soldier b…

Historians talked about the ways Germany, China, Japan, and the United States remember and commemorate their involvement in World War II. This roundtable discussion was part of the multi…

David Kennedy talked about the aftermath of World War II. Professor Kennedy argued that post-war changes, such as economic globalization and the formation of the United Nations, transformed …

National World War II Museum President and Chief Executive Officer Nick Mueller talked about the history, mission, funding, and future plans for the museum.

Jonathan Jordan talked about his book, American Warlords: How Roosevelt’s High Command Led America to Victory in World War II, about the roles played by Henry Stimson, General George C…

Historian Gerald Steinacher reported on the many Nazi war criminals that avoided capture following the end of World War II. The author examined the routes or ‘ratlines’ that were used for es…

Walter Isaacson spoke about the relationship between Albert Einstein and the atomic bomb. Mr. Isaacson is the author of Einstain: His Life and the Universe, published by Simon and Schuster.…

Alan Brinkley spoke about the way in which different societies envisioned power during the previous world wars and aspirations cultures had in the hopes that the post war life would be bette…

Friend, family and co-workers gathered outside of the National D-Day Museum, founded by Stephen Ambrose, to remember his life. Speakers told stories of their relationships with the historian…