The victory at Midway is attributable to several decisions made in the U.S. Navy high command.
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Book Review: From Omaha to Okinawa
The Seabees wrought construction miracles from Omaha Beach to Okinawa.
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With Chennault in China: A Flying Tiger’s Diary Review
The Flying Tigers’ success against the Japanese in China during World War II is still a prime example of how determination and organization can sometimes make up for a deficiency in resources.
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Book Review: Never in Doubt / Remembering Iwo Jima
Never in Doubt: Remembering Iwo Jima by Lynn Kessler, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Md., […]
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Book Review: Citizen Soldiers
Author Stephen Ambrose tells the story of the American foot soldier’s experience in Europe.
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Book Review: Zhukov’s Greatest Defeat: The Red Army’s Epic Disaster in Operation Mars, 1942 (by David M. Glantz) : WW2
Zhukov’s Greatest Defeat: The Red Army’s Epic Disaster in Operation Mars, 1942, by David […]
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Book Review: Sabotage & Subversion: Stories from the Files of the SOE and OSS (Ian Dear) : WW2
Sabotage & Subversion: Stories from the Files of the SOE and OSS, by Ian […]
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Book Review: Death on a Distant Frontier (Charles Whiting) : World War II
Touched With Fire: The Land War in the South Pacific, by Eric Bergerud, Viking, […]
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Book Review: Go For Broke
Heroes all, the nisei GIs who fought so superbly in World War II needed no urging to ‘go for broke!’
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Book Review: Taken Captive: A Japanese POW’s Story
Taken Captive: A Japanese POW’s Story, by Ooka Shohei, translated and edited by Wayne […]