This feature debunks ten of the most persistent World War II myths by weighing archival evidence and recent scholarship. The analysis emphasizes where myths persist because of propaganda, popular culture, or selective memory. World War II remains the most intensively studied conflict in modern history, yet it is also the source of an unusually large number of enduring myths. These myths range from tactical misunderstandings about specific battles to sweeping narratives about national motives and moral clarity. The persistence of such myths owes much to wartime propaganda, postwar political needs, popular culture, and the human tendency to simplify complex events into memorable stories.