World War II: Saving the Reality
Kenneth W. Rendell amassed the largest and most comprehensive private collection of original World War II memorabilia in the world. Rendell provides a guided tour of the museum's 30 exhibits, which chronicle the end of World War I and the rise of Nazism to the start of World War II and the fight in Europe and the Pacific.
Kenneth W. Rendell amassed the largest and most comprehensive private collection of original World War II memorabilia in the world. Rendell provides a guided tour of the museum's 30 exhibits, which chronicle the end of World War I and the rise of Nazism to the start of World War II and the fight in Europe and the Pacific.
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