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The Institute is dedicated to preserving and sharing the historical, political, social, economic and military experiences of World War II, the most significant event of the 20th Century.

08/24/2026

Remembering WW II – Allies Liberate Paris from the Germans

On August 25, 1944, the Allies liberated Paris from German occupation, overcoming German control of the city for over 4 years. Unable to stop French and American armor units coming in from south of Paris, the German commander in Paris, General Choltitz, surrendered to the French. Massive celebrations by the liberation forces followed thereafter.

06/25/2026

Remembering WW II – Key Command Appointments, June 1942

On June 24, 1942, Major General Dwight D. Eisenhower was appointed Commander of the US Forces in the European theater of war. General Sir Claude Auchinleck was directed on June 25th to take over command of the British Eighth Army in Egypt which was trying to halt the German Afrika Korps pe*******on of Egypt. German General Erwin Rommel, due to the success of the Afrika Korps was promoted to Field Marshal on June 26th.

05/05/2026

Remembering WW II – Historic Naval Battle of the Coral Sea

The battle of the Coral Sea off the eastern coast of Australia was fought May 4 – 8, 1942, the first naval battle in which participants never saw their enemy. The battle was fought by the US Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy only using fighters launched from aircraft carriers. Although the US lost the carrier Lexington, and several other vessels, carrier planes from the Lexington prior to its sinking and the USS Yorktown sank the Japanese carrier Shoho and a number of other combat vessels. The Japanese naval losses were such that it caused the cancellation of their planned invasion of Australia.

03/30/2026

Remembering WW II - Pearl Harbor Attack Retaliation

Right after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, US President Franklin Roosevelt pressed the US military Joint Chiefs to retaliate. The Joint Chiefs decided that the only way the order could be carried out was via the use of bombers launched from an aircraft carrier to attack Imperial Japan. Charged to plan and carry out the attack was Col. James Doolittle who was assigned 16 B-25 bombers to be placed aboard the US carrier Hornet. The Hornet ultimately sailed from San Francisco Bay on 1 April, joined by a protection task force commanded by Vice Admiral William Halsey. The air attack was carried out from the Hornet on April 18.

01/27/2026

Remembering WW II – Grand Strategy to Defeat Axis Nations Determined, January 1942

Right after the Japanese air attack on the US naval base at Pearl Harbor, US President Franklin Roosevelt hosted and conducted a critical meeting in Washington, D.C. He and his military advisors met with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and his military leadership to determine a joint strategy to engage and defeat N**i Germany and Imperial Japan. Known as the ARCADIA Conference, organized was the Combined Chiefs of Staff which shaped Allied military strategy throughout the war

05/28/2025

Remembering WW II – Impact of the Kamikazes

From the first flights on October 25, 1944 until the end of the war in the Pacific, a total of 1,228 Japanese Kamikaze Corps pilots plunged to their deaths in su***de missions. The kamikazes took a frightful toll in American lives via severely damaging 288 US warships and sinking 34. The effects of the Kamikaze attacks on the US military was one of the major reasons to employ the Atomic bombs.

05/24/2025

Remembering WW II – Memorial Day Weekend 2025

10/29/2024

Remembering WW II – Kamikaze Attacks Initiated

Having suffered tremendous naval losses throughout the October 1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf, the Imperial Japanese High Command initiated striking back at the US Navy by conducting Kamikaze (‘devine wind’) aerial su***de attacks. The first su***de hit was scored when a Kamikaze plane damaged the US cruiser Denver off Leyte on October 28. More damaging and devastating attacks, particularly against US aircraft carriers, were to follow until the end of the war, August 1945.

10/21/2024

Remembering WW II – Greatest Battle in Naval Warfare History, October 1944

Between October 23 and 26, 1944 the greatest battle in naval warfare unfolded. American naval ships and planes under the overall command of US Admiral Chester Nimitz inflicted staggering losses on the Imperial Japanese navy in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, just east of the Philippine Islands. The Imperial Navy lost 34 ships to include 3 battleships, 4 carriers, 10 cruisers, 13 destroyers and 5 submarines. US Navy losses were 1 light carrier, 2 es**rt carriers, 2 destroyers and a destroyer es**rt. In an desperate attempt to counter the US navy thereafter, the Japanese initiated the use of Kamikazes (su***de planes) on October 27.

10/17/2024

Remembering WW II – 80th Anniversary, Ending of the 20th Century’s Most Significant Event

Attached is a listing of the programs the WW II Era Studies Institute has to offer in person or via Zoom. Every program enables one to understand a major development within WW II that ultimately changed the world upon conclusion of the war in 1945. If interested in arranging for a program contact the Institute.

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