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At the very moment Hitler took his own life in his bunker on April 30, 1945, America was already planning how to shape the postwar world order with its own hands. Beyond the joy of victory, this is the story of the enormous ambition America harbored.
Apr 30, 2026
On April 29, 1945, the U.S. Seventh Army captured Munich, the birthplace of Nazism. Here is the story of the day the Stars and Stripes were raised over the city where Hitler first dreamed of power.
Apr 29, 2026
On April 29, 1945, the UN founding conference that had convened in San Francisco on April 25 entered its pivotal phase of drafting the UN Charter. Held in the ashes of war and led by the United States, this landmark conference was the starting point of the international order we know today.
Apr 29, 2026
On April 29, 1945, the U.S. Army's 42nd and 45th Infantry Divisions liberated the Dachau concentration camp in Nazi Germany. What the American soldiers witnessed when they opened those iron gates that day was the worst of what human beings are capable of doing to one another.
Apr 29, 2026On April 29, 1945, soldiers of the U.S. Seventh Army opened the gates of the Dachau concentration camp in Germany. What they witnessed was among the most shocking scenes in the history of warfare, and the memory of that day fundamentally changed the way America would shape the postwar world order.
Apr 29, 2026
On April 12, 1945, President Roosevelt died suddenly, and Vice President Harry Truman stepped into the heaviest role in the world — one that would reshape history. The story of an unprepared man who led the world's greatest power through the final chapter of World War II.
Apr 28, 2026
As the Battle of Iwo Jima reached its climax around March 21, 1945, one of the most famous war photographs in history shook the world. The story of the six Marines who planted the flag atop Mount Suribachi — and the sad, astonishing truth hidden behind it.
Mar 21, 2026On March 16, 1945, the United States officially declared Iwo Jima secured. After 36 days of brutal combat, a single photograph became one of the most iconic images of the 20th century.
Mar 16, 2026
On March 11, 1941, President Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act, a decisive bill that changed the course of World War II. A look back at America's strategy of saving the Allies without firing a single shot.
Mar 11, 2026