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By the end of the year, they were allowed to leave the camps but could not return to their home countries because the war had not yet ended. By 1944, only 6 Jews were left residing at Camp Algiers. The war ended in 1945 and the facility was turned back into the New Orleans border patrol. [3]
Learn about the famous air combat between a B-17 bomber and a Luftwaffe fighter in 1943, and how the pilots became friends after the war. The incident involved a damaged B-17 crew, a German fighter escort, and a bombing mission on Bremen.
Operation Pastorius was a failed German intelligence plan for sabotage inside the United States during World War II.The operation was staged in June 1942 and was to be directed against strategic American economic targets.
Side view of My Gal Sal. On 27 June 1942, B-17E serial number 41-9032 named My Gal Sal—part of the 342d Bombardment Squadron of the 97th Bombardment Group—was one of 13 B-17s flying the Labrador-to-Greenland leg of a ferry flight to the United Kingdom as part of Operation Bolero, the military build-up in Europe.
Learn about the history and exhibits of the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, the official U.S. museum dedicated to World War II. See aircraft, artifacts, and interactive displays from the European and Pacific theaters of war.
This web page covers aircraft of the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War from 1939 to 1945. It includes the RLM designation system, the primary roles, the production status, and the notes of each aircraft, including bombers such as Do 17, Do 217, He 111, Ju 88, and Me 264.
Learn about the history, design and features of the Crescent City Connection, a pair of cantilever bridges that carry US 90 Bus. over the Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana. The bridges are the farthest downstream bridge on the river and the widest and most heavily traveled bridge on the lower Mississippi.
Unlike some other municipalities, notably many in Texas, New Orleans is unable to annex adjacent suburban development. Mayor DeLesseps "Chep" Morrison was elected as a reform candidate in 1946. He served as mayor of New Orleans until 1961, shaping the city's post-World War II trajectory.