Hell Is Upon Us: D-Day in the Pacific—June-August 1944 by Victor Brooks, Da Capo […]
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WWII Book Review: The Blitzkrieg Legend
The Blitzkrieg Legend: The 1940 Campaign in the West by Karl-Heinz Frieser, with John […]
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How New Zealand’s Greatest Soldier Became Known as ‘The Salamander of the British Empire’
Lieutenant General Bernard Freyberg was an extraordinary figure who became embroiled in World War II’s bitterest controversies.
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New Zealand’s Unknown Warriors
When Lord Louis Mountbatten was named supreme Allied commander of the South East Asia […]
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Sailing into the Unknown
Choosing the uncertainty of an epic journey across 2,000 miles of enemy-controlled ocean rather […]
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Interview: Haddon Donald / In the Eye of the Tempest
After narrowly surviving the Axis invasion of the Balkans in April 1941, New Zealander Haddon Donald and his men were evacuated to Crete. They soon found themselves at the dawn of a new era in warfare.
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If You Die, You Die
Werner Kurkowski already knew the war was lost when he was dropped into the […]
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Admiral Leahy: U.S. Ambassador to Vichy
When Admiral William Daniel Leahy retired as U.S. chief of naval operations in August […]
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The ‘Bloody Accurate’ Bren
During the British evacuation of Dunkirk in the spring of 1940, many civilians with […]
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WWII Today- November 2006
Bringing World War II Into The Classroom On July 25, 2006, the Pennsylvania Veterans […]