Students of 1944 tend to fixate on the e astern and Western fronts, with […]
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A Buffalo Soldier’s War on Two Fronts: Conversation with Ivan J. Houston
I GREW UP in a world where black people had rights and freedom,” says […]
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The Reading List: John Nagl
An Army at Dawn- The War in North Africa, 1942–1943 Rick Atkinson (2002) “Atkinson […]
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Daily Quiz for December 1, 2016
This actor was the first to be paid $1 million dollars for a single movie role.
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The Meeting from Hell: The Wannsee Conference
The conference held on January 20, 1942, in Wannsee, a lake side district southwest of Berlin, was like any other of its kind, except that the Schutzstafel—the SS—organized the conclave, whose agenda was the destruction of Europe’s 11 million Jews
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Book Review: The Devils’ Alliance- Hitler’s Pact with Stalin, 1939–1941
The Devils’ Alliance: Hitler’s Pact with Stalin, 1939–1941 By Roger Moorhouse. Basic Books, 2014. […]
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Willie and Joe Come Home
Bill Mauldin’s legendary dogfaces kept faith with returning veterans of every generation. Wars never […]
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Reporting Germany’s Surrender Made One Journalist’s Career — And Ruined Another’s
Ambitions collided in the rush to Germany’s 1945 surrender as newsmen like Charles Kiley eagerly waited to file the most important story of their careers.
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Time Travel: House of Games
Bletchley Park is one of the world’s great survivors. The mansion, 50 miles north […]
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V-E Day Wasn’t the End—It Was Just the Beginning
Europe’s reconstruction was the true victory of World War II, according to The National WWII Museum’s Robert Citino.