World War II On Topic

This episode is brought to you by the Museum's Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy.

We are taking a trip back to 2020 where our own Research Historian, Dr. Jason Dawsey had a discussion with Dr. Michael Neiberg, the inaugural Chair of War Studies in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the United States Army War College.

This conversation commemorated the anniversary of The Potsdam conference, which started on July 17, 1945.

Doctors Dawsey and Neiberg review how leaders, after the War, confronted the task of rebuilding a new international order.

Key parts of this wide-ranging conversation cover the rise of Bolshevism and fascism after 1919, the invention of the atomic bomb, and the emergence of the Cold War and how world leaders dealt with these major challenges.

If you would like to watch the original conversation, you can do so here: https://youtu.be/eFGL_KKOAgQ

On June 2, 2020, we had a roundtable discussion on the significance of D-Day and its legacy. Led by Dawn Hammatt, Director of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum, the roundtable features historians Dr. Allyson Stanton instructor at Gogebic community college, Dr. Benjamin Schneider instructor at George Mason University and Dr. Tyler Bamford, the National WWII Museum's inaugural Sherry and Alan Leventhal Research Fellow.

This episode is brought to you by the Museum's Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy at The National WWII Museum.

On February 22, 2021, Dr. Rob Citino, the Museum's Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian, had a conversation with Shirley Ann Higuchi, the Chair of the Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation.

Shirley's American-born parents were children when they were incarcerated at the Heart Mountain War Relocation Center during World War II. Her mother inspired her to author "Setsuko's Secret: Heart Mountain and the Legacy of the Japanese American Incarceration."

This week we are going back to June 29, 2020, when Museum Librarian Wesley Lucas led a discussion with author Joshua Levine on his book: "Dunkirk: The History Behind the Major Motion Picture."

This was the companion piece to Christopher Nolan's film "Dunkirk" the 2017 blockbuster, on which Levine served as historian and advisor on.

This episode is brought to you by the Museum's Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy.

Today we are traveling back to February 27, 2012. Where we had the pleasure of hosting best-selling author James (Jim) Hornfischer, so he could discuss his book, "Ship of Ghosts: The Story of the USS Houston." For which earned Jim the United States Maritime Literature Award.

Jim was a dear friend and frequent speaker at the Museum, and though we were all saddened by his passing in 2021, we are honored to be able to continue sharing his vast knowledge and passion for the subject of the US Navy in World War II.

This episode is brought to you by the Museum's Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy.

Today we are listening to Dr. Rob Citino, the Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian here at the Museum, and author/ historian Anthony Tucker-Jones.

Anthony joined us on December 1, 2021 for the annual Orlin Russell Corey Memorial Lecture, a partnered program with the Churchill Society of New Orleans.

Anthony discussed his latest work "Churchill, Master and Commander: Winston Churchill at War."

Welcome to a new podcast series where we revisit some of our most riveting and educational discussions on World War II. This episode, titled Victory in Europe: One Year Later, is brought to you by the Jenny Craig's Institute for War and Democracy at The National WWII Museum.

Today, we are taking a visit back to May 7, 2021, when Dr. Rob Citino, the Samuel Zemurray Stone Senior Historian at The National WWII Museum, sat down with Jeremy Collins, the Director of Conferences and Symposia, for the commemoration of V-E Day. By May 7, 1946—a year after the Germans surrendered in Reims to the Allied forces—what had changed in Europe? How was the Allies' relationship with the Soviet Union? Citino and Collins discussed this and much more.