In this November 16, 1944, image from our Digital Collections, American infantrymen cross a bridge as they advance farther into the Hürtgen Forest. Lasting 88 days, the battle there would be one of the longest in US Army history.

In this image from the Museum's Digital Collections, taken in November 1943, US Marines kneel in prayer prior to the invasion of Tarawa Atoll in the Gilbert Islands.

During and after World War II, the US Graves Registration Service began work to recover, identify, and bury fallen servicemembers. Their postwar “Return of the Dead” program remains one of history’s most profound acts of national remembrance. Read more: https://t.co/4k6lfMJka4

This Veterans Day, we honor and remember those who have selflessly served our country. In this image from our Digital Collections, American soldier Private Chandlee shares his rations with an Italian family in 1944.

At the Nuremberg Trials, the Allies confronted Nazi atrocities through law rather than vengeance. Read more about this effort to rebuild the postwar world with justice, as shown in the new film "Nuremberg." https://t.co/Qnwl5bXUUI Image: Nuremberg, 2025. Sony Pictures Classics.

In this episode of "World War II: On Topic," Kirk Saduski interviews James Vanderbilt, director of the new film "Nuremberg," and Michael Berenbaum, the film’s historical advisor, as well as historians Donald Miller and Rebecca Erbelding. Listen now: https://t.co/d1k3hwHPW3

Now open at The National WWII Museum, Degenerate! Hitler's War on Modern Art blends art, music, and history to explore how modernist works were weaponized as tools of Nazi propaganda and public indoctrination. Watch last night's opening reception here: https://t.co/sElH5oTMJA

In the final months of World War II, Jewish American soldiers held prayer services on German soil, even as war raged around them. Read more about these gatherings that symbolized faith, unity, and the victory over Nazi hatred and oppression here: https://t.co/vLFDldKr0L

Can't make it to The National WWII Museum for this year's International Conference on World War II? Don't worry—FREE virtual registration is now open! Watch from home as leading scholars and historians discuss the war that changed the world. Register here: https://t.co/IvdHzdAGAt

In this image dated November 1, 1944, American troops unload a train car containing Christmas mail for the men of the US Seventh Army, likely in France. Find more photos like this in the Museum's Digital Collections at https://t.co/sB67cxOolz.

From 1942 to 1945, the all-female Soviet 588th Night Bomber Regiment—the “Night Witches”—flew over 24,000 missions. Their skill and endurance crippled German supply lines and secured their place among the most legendary aviators of World War II. https://t.co/Pmk8iM42gQ

The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor remains one of the worst intelligence failures in US history—not only because of missed warning signs, but because of the Americans' failure to imagine such a devastating attack was possible. Read more: https://t.co/kWxhOSvPAr

In this October 1945 image from the Museum's Digital Collections, Japanese military officers surrender their swords at Tianjin, China.

In this image from our Digital Collections taken October 25, 1944, men of the US Army's 39th Engineer Combat Regiment stand by with shovels as they wait to repair a road near Loiano, Italy.

In this image from our Digital Collections, Private First Class Edward Czarnik of the 351st Searchlight Battalion carries searchlight equipment through a muddy field in Pietramala, Italy, on October 24, 1944.

In 1942, when the Nazis rounded up the children in his Warsaw Ghetto orphanage and sent them to Treblinka, Janusz Korczak refused to leave their side. He was murdered alongside his pupils shortly after arriving at the death camp. Read more here: https://t.co/8e61AGhiLM

This M1A1 pack howitzer was used by the US Army’s 5307th Composite Unit to wage unconventional warfare against Japan behind enemy lines in the China-Burma-India theater. Hear their stories when you listen to our podcast, "Secret WWII: Spies & Special Ops." https://t.co/lPWXSfx7oc

In this October 20, 1944, image from the Museum's Digital Collections, American soldiers on Leyte in the Philippines walk toward a burning Japanese gas dump hit by a US Navy artillery shell during the invasion.

In this image from the Museum's Digital Collections taken in October 1944, German soldiers are captured by members of the 362nd Infantry, 91st Division, and brought to a prisoner-of-war camp in Italy.

In this October 1944 image from our Digital Collections, American jeeps move across a bridge built by the 19th Engineers near Castel Del Rio, Italy.