Well, its the 100 year anniversary of the Christmas truce on the Western Front during the Great War. It was an unofficial ceasefire, of course, but...
I just wanted to wish your all a very Merry Christmas. I hope you all are enjoying a warm one with family.
Hello all. The title pretty much says it. Does anyone have recommendations for reading on the East African Campaign. It was, largely, fought...
Seventy years ago today, December 16, the German's launched Unternehmen Wacht am Rhein (Operation Watch on the Rhine). It is better known as the...
At first blush this may sound like a strange question, but it does touch upon the most serious of subjects: logistics. Napoleon once famously said...
Hello all. One of the things my father, a history major and buff, did at an early age was instilling in me an intense interest in history. I have...
Hey pallies. I thought it might be interesting to start a thread of wartime era training films. The thread can cover both Axis and Allied weapon...
Hello all. I've read a number of books on the Volkssturm over the years and found it fascinating. I haven't, at least to the best of my...
I had an interesting discussion with a friend the other day. What was the most effective man-portable anti-tank weapon of the Second World War? The...
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....
Hello all. I have read a few, brief, references to Portuguese volunteers in German service. Most appear to have been attached to the various...
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...
Hello friends. A topic of done some introductory reading upon is the Spanish volunteer contingent on the Eastern Front. First as the División Azul...
Hello all. I am curious about translations of Mein Kampf in to the languages of the other Axis powers. I know it was translated into Italian during...
Hello all. I've read only one, and very short at that, book on the topic of Hungary during the war. Other longer texts, of course, included...
Hello all. I am wondering about the last communications that occurred between Germany and Japan in the last hours of the Third Reich. What material...
Hello all. As many may know, there was a secret government document created by the Empire of Japan entitled An Investigation of Global Policy with...
Hello all. Would anyone know of extant copies of Volkssturm training materials (e.g., manuals, pamphlets, etc.) that can be viewed online in some...
Hello all. Can anyone recommend a book or books that cover the merchant marine of the combatants of the Second World War? I'm looking for a text...
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