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 …
82 viewsAuthor and former Newsweek editor Andrew Nagorski described Sigmund Freud’s escape to London following the German annexation of Austria in 1938. This event took place during the 15th annual …
303 viewsNational World War II Museum senior historian Robert Citino discussed how decisions made at the February 1945 Yalta Conference effected the ending of World War II. This talk was part of a da…
1,546 viewsAward winning-historian Rick Atkinson provided a history of citizen soliders. He spoke at the 14th annual International Conference on World War II hosted by the National World War II Museum …
595 viewsWorld War II historians Rob Citino and Richard Frank discussed the lead-up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor from the American perspective. This program was part of the 14th annual Internationa…
776 viewsThe National World War II Museum hosted a discussion with the authors of books on two key 1942 battles: Midway in the Pacific and El Alamein in North Africa. The historians detailed the batt…
738 viewsBill Mauldin served in the 45th Infantry Division during World War II and gained fame and the Pulitzer Prize for his “Willie and Joe” cartoons chronicling the everyday experiences of America…
284 viewsAuthor Shirley Ann Higuchi talked about Setsuko’s Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration. The book chronicles Ms. Higuchi’s quest to uncover her mother’…
161 viewsUniversity of Georgia professor John Morrow, Jr. recounted the life story of Eugene Bullard. Bullard grew up in Georgia but, dissatisfied with the prospects for Black Americans in the Jim Cr…
504 viewsUniversity of Maryland Professor Robert Chester discussed the December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and U.S. Navy mess attendant Doris “Dorie” Miller, whose actions aboard the US…
441 viewsA panel of World War II scholars looked at the February 1945 Yalta Conference, at which Allied leaders Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, and Josef Stalin met to look ahead to the post-w…
1,515 viewsDavid Reynolds, co-editor of The Kremlin Letters: Stalin’s Wartime Correspondence with Churchill and Roosevelt, talked about the messages sent between these Allied leaders during World War I…
941 viewsNew Orleans is the home to the National World War II Museum. Senior Historian Rob Citino gave a tour of the “Road to Tokyo” exhibit, which examines the Pacific Theatre during World War II in…
790 viewsWorld War II scholar James Holland talked about Nazi Germany’s weakening position on the Western front as early as two years before its unconditional surrender to the Allies. Mr. Holland is …
1,450 viewsHistorian Richard Frank provided the first of a multi-volume history of the Asia-Pacific War, from 1937-1942.
2,066 viewsHistorian Nigel Hamilton talked about the last book in his trilogy profiling President Franklin D. Roosevelt at war. War and Peace: FDR’s Final Odyssey: D-Day to Yalta, 1943-1945 covers FDR’…
1,470 viewsMilitary historian Andrew Wiest talked about the U.S. Marines who fought at the Battle of Guadalcanal between August 1942 and February 1943. Mr. Wiest is co-author of “The Pacific War: From …
1,581 viewsMilitary historian Cathal Nolan chronicled the Paris and Warsaw uprisings that occurred simultaneously in August of 1944. He was joined by the museum’s senior historian, Robert Citino, for a…
801 viewsTrent Hone, author of Learning War: The Evolution of Fighting Doctrine in the U.S. Navy, 1898-1945, analyzed how U.S. Naval strategies developed during the the Battle of Guadalcanal. Mr. Hon…
1,611 viewsIn this program from the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, military historian Richard Frank illustrated the events after Pearl Harbor that led to the Battle of Guadalcanal, which …
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