To many, the Mediterranean campaign was the ultimate sideshow–a huge allotment of resources for meager results. This week: the case against the campaign. Next week: the case for it.
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Letter Reveals a Queen’s-Eye View of London Blitz
A letter written by Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother of England, which describes the only time Buckingham Palace suffered bomb damage during World War II, was published for the first time last fall.
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National World War II Museum Expands with Canteen, Movie Theater
This fall, a major new wing opened at the National World War II Museum—part of a $300 million expansion scheduled over the next five years.
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WWII Dispatches, February 2010
News briefs from the January/February 2010 issue of World War II magazine.
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Axis Sally: The Americans Behind the Infamous Nazi Propaganda Broadcast
From the deserts of North Africa to the Normandy beaches, GIs listened to the traitorous Axis Sally broadcasting over the radio for Nazi Germany.
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Shadows of the Blitz in Today’s London
The signs of the Blitz’s devastation in London are hard to find, but a walk through central London can still reveal the scars of those days; you just need to know where to look.
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Daily Quiz for November 23, 2009
To prepare for infiltrating agents into Germany during WWII, the OSS turned to people from this group.
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Daily Quiz for November 22, 2009
The man credited with inventing the first European cannon worked in this field.
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Daily Quiz for November 21, 2009
This commander was called "The Old Corporal."
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The Makeshift MP3008
The homely MP3008, a German submachine gun (SMG) produced in 1945, was a low point in the German tradition of innovation in close-range automatic weapons development.