Writing World War II: A Student’s Guide By Sylvie Murray, with commentary by Robert […]
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Grenades in Toyland
As parents and siblings shipped out to war, American children shipped out to the […]
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‘Don’t Worry’: Letters to POWs
Dozens of kind strangers relay an American POW’s reassuring words. In late November 1944, […]
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Juan Trippe’s World
How one ambitious American businessman—and his fleet of silver planes—helped the Allies win the […]
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Unknown Soldiers: The Magician Who Made the Truth Disappear
Wars have always offered opportunities for extraordinary adventure—and extraordinary tall tales. Jasper Maskelyne had […]
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War Letters: A General Argues That No Man is Too Valuable to Hold a Rifle
On February 27, 1942, Brigadier General Ralph McTyeire Pennell, the commander of the 27th […]
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Footlocker: Back in the Saddle
Curators at The National World War II Museum explain the unique markings on a set of German spurs manufactured during the war
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The Prime Minister and the Professor: Confidence Man
Churchill’s friend and scientific adviser had the prime minister’s full faith— even when he […]
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A Journey to Hell and Back: Conversation with Denis Avey
After 65 years of silence, 92-year-old Denis Avey tells an astounding story in The […]
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The Reading List: Stephen Budiansky
The Making of the Atomic Bomb Richard Rhodes (1986) “By far the most complete […]