Hitler’s great strategist or war criminal? Two biographies show some of both.
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Escape from Davao by John D. Lukacs
After the Death March, a small group of POWs summoned the strength to form a desperate plan.
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Storm Over the Pacific: Not Your Father’s Board Game
Fans of Risk will enjoy this historically detailed new game from Wasteland Interactive.
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Edward Uhl, the Man Behind the Bazooka
The breakthrough that launched a thousand rockets.
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A Dresden Survivor Offers Bitter Condolences
After the war, a man who lost everything wrote to his neighbors’ daughter to describe the fate of her parents.
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Peter Mansoor’s WWII Reading List
Chair of Military History at Ohio State University and author of Baghdad at Sunrise (2008) shares his favorite books on the war.
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The Me 262 Jet Fighter
The world’s first combat jet fighter was deadly, but too little, too late for Germany.
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Daily Quiz for September 30, 2010
This future president was voted "Most Nearly Perfect Male Figure" at a university.
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Daily Quiz for September 29, 2010
Improvised armored personnel carriers of WWII made by modifying the chassis of Sherman tanks were given this nickname.
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A Tale of Two Wars: World War II and Korea
One moment you’re an army riding high, winning the greatest war of all time. A few short years later, you’re having big troubles in the field. Some thoughts on the U.S. Army in World War II and the Korean War.