Laurence Rees, the British historian and documentary filmmaker, shares his reading list with World War II magazine.
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Patrick Hitler Makes a Case to Fight the Reich
After the U.S. declared war on Germany William Patrick Hitler, the half-English nephew of Adolf Hitler, appealed directly to Franklin Roosevelt in his effort to join the U.S. military.
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Hannah Pakula: A Biographer Traces the Rise of Madame Chiang Kai-shek
Hannah Pakula, acclaimed author of An Uncommon Woman, tells World War II magazine about her new book, The Last Empress: Madame Chiang Kai-shek and the Birth of Modern China.
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Daily Quiz for November 20, 2009
The Charge of the Light Brigade, made famous by poet Alfred, Lord Tennyson, occurred during this battle.
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‘A White Man’s War’
William T. Sherman’s adamant refusal to field African-American troops amounted to outright insubordination.
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Why Cotton got to be King
The South’s cash crops buoyed America’s trade and industry before the war—but the planter economy could be as volatile as Wall Street
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Daily Quiz for November 19, 2009
The town of Reno, Nevada, was named for an Army officer killed at this battle.
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Born to Fight – Colonel Lewis Millett
A Vietnam magazine interview with Col. Lewis L. Millett, who served in two armies and three wars and was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading a bayonet charge in the Korean War.
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Daily Quiz for November 18, 2009
Case Green was the code name for this planned but never executed WWII operation.
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Knowing Your Enemy in World War II
Knowing your enemy is essential in war. In World War II, the Axis powers seemed to know very little about the enemy they were fighting.