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On-site: “The Military Perspective in the Final Phases of World War Two: The Path to Liberation”

March 13, 2025 | 9:30am CST

Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center

For Educators in Grades 7-12

This session aims to deepen understandings on how the military strategies and operations were in the final stages of WWII and influenced the broader course of the conflict, setting the stage for the eventual liberation of the concentration camps. Educators will gain enhanced historical understanding, contextual connections of major military operations that lead to humanitarian outcomes, and effective teaching strategies for complex World War II teachings using resources created by The National WWII Museum. 

 Presented in Partnership with The National WWII Museum

Workshop Includes:

  • Classroom Resources
  • Tour of exhibition
  • 4.5 Clock Hours/CPDUs

Photo credits: Soldiers from the US 42nd Infantry Division take cover on a ridge in a field near Dachau, April 29, 1945. They were under fire from a group of 30 SS troops. US Army Signal Corps Photo, Gift in Memory of Allan Voluck, from the Collection of The National World War II Museum, 2015.111.084.

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