Thank you for the link. I had not seen this site before. The Liberation picture, in particular, was interesting.
Signal magazine was published by the Wehrmacht from 1940-45 for distribution outside of Germany in neutral, allied, and occupied countries. I have a...
Anecdotally: My uncle is a combat veteran of Vietnam (USMC). I know he struggled a bit with stress and anxiety after coming back, but later went on...
Thank you much, R Leonard, for the links. I have added the Amazon link for the next time I make buy there. :)
Can anyone recommend a good history of the aircraft carrier USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56)? It was a Casablanca-class escort carrier that was sunk by a...
Now that is one cool find. Along with her sister the Yamato, were seriously heavy battleships. That era has past, of course, but those two ships...
The Second World War saw an amazing leap forward in military technology. Such things as the assault rifle, one-shot anti-tank weapons, the...
One example is Fort Stevens in Oregon. It was briefly bombarded by the Japanese submarine I-25. Here is one of the guns: [IMG] There is a...
I have read it a couple of times and agree that it is a fantastic book. At least one of the film adaptations was pretty good. And Interrogator is...
I came across this Daily Mail article the other day and thought I'd pass it along. It features photographs of life in occupied Paris. The article...
Hello all. I have read the at the Spanish División Azul had their own hospitals deployed in both Germany and in the Baltic states. I'm curious if...
How common was the use of captured small arms by United Nations forces during the war? In Hackworth's About Face: The Odyssey of an American...
I don't know the individual personally, so cannot get inside his head. That said, his sentiment was very common in that era; many Americans in...
Trenches have been around for a very long time. One of the first "modern" examples, as mentioned above, was during the closing years of the American...
Thank you for the links, R Leonard. I've downloaded both for later reading. I think I will roll these over to the tablet too. :)
Indeed, I've read that one. It is one of the classics of alternative history. For those that haven't yet had a chance, it is worth picking up.
Thank you Diptangshu. Yes, the Italian attack plan appears to be pretty half-baked. Even if successful, it is hard to imagine it would be all that...
I watched the Samurai and the Swastika today and thoroughly enjoyed the documentary. Thank you for the link! It did, however, generate a tangential...
Thank you, Diptangshu! I had not heard of that documentary. As it is on Youtube, I will watch it today. I've bookmarked that booklet to read...
Hello all. Some years back, I read a great book on the (failed) attempt of the Germans to engage in coalition warfare in Europe entitled Germany and...
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