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An estimated 350,000 women filled critical military roles during World War II, from the Women's Auxiliary Corps to the Women's Air Force Service Pilots.
Marshall brilliantly created the “Arsenal of Democracy” with nearly nine million men and women, after starting with one of the smallest armies among advanced nations before World War II.
In the hundred years since his death, features of Woodrow Wilson’s philosophy have become central to international politics and American foreign policy.
The famous journalist was arrested for stowing away on a hospital ship to cover the action on Normandy, writing a more compelling article than did her husband, Ernest Hemingway.
U.S. military leaders drew up elaborate plans to invade Japan, with estimates of American casualties ranging as high as two to four million, given the terrible losses at Iwo Jima and Okinawa.
As defeat became inevitable in the summer of 1945, Japan's government and the Allies could not agree on surrender terms, especially regarding the future of Emperor Hirohito and his throne.
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