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Started in 1919, the Hoover Institution Library and Archives has been collecting materials pertaining to war, revolution, and peace for over 100 years. Deputy Director Eric Wakin and Curator Jean Cannon…

This Office of War Information United Newsreel summarizes events of the year 1945 in ten minutes.

David 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…

This U.S. Office of War Information newsreel reports on events relating to VE Day - the May 8, 1945, surrender of Nazi Germany. German generals are shown signing the unconditional surrender…

David King talked about his book The Trial of Adolf Hitler: The Beer Hall Putsch and the Rise of Nazi Germany, in which he recounts Adolf Hitler’s trial for high treason in February, 1924, which…

Anticipating the return home of millions of service men and women after World War II, this film surveys the challenges they faced during years of war, their creative methods of coping, the…

Katherine Sharp Landdeck provided a history of the female pilots who served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II. This was a virtual event hosted by the National World War II…

Keith Huxen gave a tour of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, and talked about the “Road to Berlin” exhibit. Beginning with the Allied invasion of North Africa,…

Erik Larson looked at Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s leadership during the London Blitz. This was a virtual event hosted by Future Tense, a partnership of New America, Slate, and…

Since 1942, the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, has contributed to the defense of the United States. Katie Braughton, cultural resources senior associate at Pantex Plant, shared the history of the plant,…

This 1945 United News reel about Victory in Europe day includes clips of the signing of the surrender and President Truman making the official statement.

The Defense Department commemorated the May 8, 1945, World War II Allied victory in the European theater with a virtual program first featured on Defense.gov, Facebook, and Twitter. The…

Keith Huxen gave a tour of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana, and talked about the “Road to Berlin” exhibit. This second of a two-part program tells the story of…

Resting in the waters of Pearl Harbor, where the events that brought the United States into World War II took place, the USS Missouri represents the final moments of the conflict. Meghan Rathbun gave a tour…

Retired U.S. Army Colonel and living history hobbyist Alexander Kose explains the history of the M4 Sherman tank and demonstrates how it works. The most commonly used American tank in World…

C-SPAN toured reconstructed World War II U.S. Army Airborne Division barracks with living history enthusiast Greg Henesy. Mr. Henesy showed vehicles and detailed the 150 pounds of equipment…

This U.S. Office of War Information newsreel reports on a May Day parade in Moscow, the capture of several top Nazi leaders, the liberation and destruction of the Bergen-Belsen…

Pace University professor Durahn Taylor taught a class on American cartoons in World War II and the ways they supported - and even influenced - the war effort. He shows superhero comics…

This U.S. Army film details the logistics involved in treating wounded soldiers in the field, and in hospitals in England, during and after the D-Day invasion of Normandy, France on June 6, 1944. From…

Episode four of a 10-part U.S. Army documentary from 1965 tells the story of America’s entry into World World II beginning with the attack on Pearl Harbor through the November, 1942 invasion of North Africa. The…