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Hero of Verdun: Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain
By Blaine Taylor“I’ve been old in all my ranks,” said Henri Philippe Pétain, created Marshal of France on December 8, 1918, at age 62. Read more
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‘Raising a flag over the Reichstag’ Photographer Yevgeni Khaldei
By Michael E. HaskewThe image of Red Army soldiers hoisting their hammer and sickle emblazoned banner atop the Reichstag, the seat of the German parliament, is a classic photo of World War II, an image that told the world Nazi Germany was at last finished. Read more
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Rain of Terror: The Bombing of the British Isles
By Michael D. HullFirst, there was a faint drone, with black specks visible in the sunny sky. Then the drone grew into a thunder, and hundreds of bombers appeared over London. Read more
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Scandinavian Airborne Assault
By Henrik O. LundeThe Polish Campaign in 1939 demonstrated the awesome effectiveness of aircraft as weapons platforms for close ground support. Read more
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German All-Terrain Vehicle
By Blaine TayloyThe first published photo of one of the odd—but highly versatile —frontline vehicles of World War II appeared on the cover of the July 1942 edition of German Propaganda Minister Dr. Read more
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Nuremberg Prosecutor: Brigadier General Telford Taylor
By Blaine TaylorOn March 23, 1991, at a reunion of the postwar Nuremberg International Military Tribunal staffers in Washington, I had occasion to meet the former American prosecutor, Brigadier General Telford Taylor. Read more
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The Nazi Aircraft Carrier Program: Erich Raeder vs. Hermann Göring
by Blaine TaylorOn June 6, 1944, as the massive Allied naval armada made its way from ports in England across the English Channel to launch the projected D-day invasion at Normandy, a German fleet sortie swept down from its home ports on the North Sea and from occupied Norway. Read more
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The 36th Infantry ‘Texas’ Division in WWII
by Richard A. BerantyThe U.S. 36th Infantry Division, known as the “Texas” Division, was inducted into federal service on November 25, 1940, at Camp Bowie, Tex., Read more
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Einsatzgruppen in Germany: The Nazi Killing Squad
By Blaine TaylorThe wide-scale murder of Jews by Nazi Germany’s Einsatzgruppen began in Poland in September 1939, protested only by German Army Generals Johannes Blaskowitz and Georg Kuchler. Read more
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Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding & Hermann Goering
by Michael HaskewBy the summer of 1940, Hitler’s Nazi war machine had advanced from victory to victory, crushing Poland, overrunning France and the Low Countries, and ejecting Allied forces from the continent of Europe at Dunkirk. Read more
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The Fieseler Storch Fi 156
by Blaine TaylorOn March 12, 1939, Heroes’ Memorial Day (or Veterans Day) in the Nazi Third Reich, the thousands of onlookers at the giant annual parade in Berlin were treated to an unusual sight as a small monoplane landed on the Unter den Linden between Hermann Göring’s State Opera House and the Neue Wache (New Guardshouse). Read more
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Operation Silver Fox: An Opportunity Lost at Murmansk
By Pat McTaggartAs Adolf Hitler began to formulate his grandiose plans for the conquest of the Soviet Union, he considered the far northern operation area little more than a sideshow. Read more
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The Battle Of Buna: Costly For Both Allies and Japanese
By Glenn BarnettIn March 1942, General Douglas MacArthur was ordered out of the doomed Philippines by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to organize the defense of Australia. Read more
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Hans Baur: Hitler’s Pilot Flew Führer Across Europe and History
By Blaine TaylorAdolf Hitler’s wartime Armaments Minister Albert Speer was right when he termed the Führer’s pilot from 1932 to 1945, Lt. Read more
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Prince Paul Karađorđević of Yugoslavia
By Blaine TaylorOn June 2, 1939, the last great prewar military parade of the Third Reich came rolling past the reviewing stand under Nazi eagles with swastikas in their taloned grip in front of the Berlin Technical High School. Read more
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The Battle of France: Furor Teutonicus & Gallic Débâcle
By Blaine TaylorThe year 1939 was one of massive military parades across Europe. On April 20, the largest ever was held in Berlin to celebrate Adolf Hitler’s birthday, complete with the paratroopers, wheeled artillery, tanks, half-tracks for motorized infantry, and overhead Luftwaffe fly-bys that would mark the coming campaigns and revolutionize warfare forever. Read more
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Winston Churchill’s Two Battles
By David Alan JohnsonDuring the summer of 1940, Winston Churchill was fighting a two-front war. The first was against Adolf Hitler and his war machine, particularly his Luftwaffe. Read more
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Wunderwaffen: Hermann Göring & the Messerschmitt Me-262
By Robert F. DorrA man who was close to Adolf Hitler and hardly impartial later saidthat the Führer had “a mood of merriment” for a brief period that day. Read more
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Why Operation Sea Lion, the Nazi Invasion of England, Never Happened
Michael E. HaskewWithout doubt, the fall of France was an unmitigated disaster for the Allied cause. However, for all its failures in command, strategy, and tactics, it could have been much worse. Read more
