After the Reich: The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation By Giles MacDonogh. 618 […]
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WWII Book Review: The Library of Congress World War II Companion
The Library of Congress World War II Companion By Margaret E. Wagner, Linda Barrett […]
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WWII Book Review: Flying Tigers
Flying Tigers: Claire Chennault and His American Volunteers, 1941–1942 By Daniel Ford. 384 pp. […]
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WWII Book Review: Nazi Games
Nazi Games: The Olympics of 1936 By David Clay Large. 401 pp. Norton, 2007. […]
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WWII Book Review: 15 Stars
15 Stars: Eisenhower, MacArthur, Marshall: Three Generals Who Saved the American Century By Stanley […]
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Did the Royal Navy Perform a Dress Rehearsal for Pearl Harbor?
The daring British raid on the Italian fleet in November 1940 foreshadowed devastating tactics the Japanese would perfect a year later.
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First Blood for the Army Rangers at Dieppe
The attack on Dieppe was a fiasco. But it was where the U.S. Special […]
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Christmas in Wartime
Amid shortages, rationing, separation, and grief, Americans fought to keep the yuletide spirit alive. […]
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The Town that Gave Birth to the Bomb
Los Alamos is misleading. Most New Mexico towns, with their quaint adobe walls, emanate […]
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The Spy Who Proved the Adage About Love and War
Amy Elizabeth Thorpe was able to mix the two.