Some of the saber-rattling and, in the case of the Ukraine, the outright naked aggression the Russian Federation is engaging in is troubling....
One you might enjoy then is 1941. It came out in 1979 and was directed by Steven Spielberg. It stars, Dan Aykroyd, Ned Beatty, John Belushi, and...
Its been long theorized that Hitler suffered from Syphilis, contracted before the Great War, and then reinfected during. Its never been proven,...
Hello PrimalClaw and welcome aboard. If history is your interest, you've come to the right place. Cheers.
Hello friends. I would like to do some reading on the Indian contribution to the Axis war effort, particularly with respect to the Azad Hind party....
Thanks for the note, Diptanshu. Indeed, Portugal honored the very old treaty. I read at least one book about the foreign volunteers in the Waffen...
Hello all. I have read a few, brief, references to Portuguese volunteers in German service. Most appear to have been attached to the various...
The 1920 Nazi Party platform, second section, fourth point "Only Nationals can be Citizens of the State. Only persons of German blood can be...
To call AH a complicated figure would be the understatement of the century. On one hand he was a gifted orator, political genius, and, at times, a...
Thank you Diptangshu. The link worked this time and the article looks to be a fascinating read. :)
There was no doubt a Constitutional Crisis because secession was an open question at the time. The war, and the court rulings that followed in its...
I really enjoyed Tora, Tora, Tora too. Midway is a great flick too and the performance by Heston and Fonda were outstanding. One tangential thing...
Thank you Diptangshu. The first link appears to be broken. Would you have an updated version? Thanks again.
This topic my a be a little esoteric, but can anyone recommend some reading on the Romanian Iron Guard party? They did play a roll on the Eastern...
In the event others have not read this book, I thought I'd pass it along. Its entitled Love and War in the Apennines, by Eric Newby, the English...
I recently watched The Guns of Navarone yet again. Its more of an action film than a history piece, but still it is quite fun when in the right...
There was the ill-fated plot called Unternehmen Weitsprung (Operation Long Jump) that was a planned assassination of the "Big Three" (FDR, Churchill,...
The Second World War was the first time, at least on a large scale, in which air superiority was decisive. The Battle of Britain, for example, was...
Hello friends. A topic of done some introductory reading upon is the Spanish volunteer contingent on the Eastern Front. First as the División Azul...
Agreed with this, completely. For all his strengths and weaknesses as a leader, Der Führer was a complete incompetent at grand strategy. Not the...
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