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The Bombing of Dresden: Was the Attack Fully Justified?

Was Operation Thunderclap—the 1945 air raid on the German city—a military necessity or an Allied war crime? The question is still debated.

1 December 2020

Carl Gnam

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Operation Dragoon: The Allied Invasion of France in the South

During Operation Dragoon, the Allied invasion of France in the south, Task Force Butler advanced 235 miles, liberating towns in his wake.

23 October 2020

Carl Gnam

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The Nazi Invasion of Poland, Adolf Hitler’s First Gamble in the East

The decision to invade Poland was one in a series of risky moves that led to World War II.

16 October 2020

Carl Gnam

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Meat Grinder at Yelnya

Weeks of heavy fighting produced the first Red Army victory of the war on the Eastern Front.

21 March 2019

Carl Gnam

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Johann Georg Elser’s Treasonous Plot to Prevent World War II

In 2003, Germany honored Georg Elser with a postage stamp bearing the reasons for his desperate and heroic actions: “I wanted to prevent the war.”

5 February 2019

Carl Gnam

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The History of Third Reich Uniforms

Theatricality and practicality combined to create the plethora of uniforms worn by the Nazis.

27 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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D-Day Casualties: Operation Overlord by the Numbers

Just how big was Operation Overlord? History on the Net gives the jaw-dropping raw numbers.

25 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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The Scholarly Spies

A group of Parisian scholars and museum workers were among the first to challenge the Nazis with propaganda and covert operations in occupied France.

25 January 2019

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Armored in Lorraine: Battle of Arracourt

American tanks and artillery wreaked havoc on newly created German panzer formations during the Battle of Arracourt in September 1944.

23 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Escape from Kirovograd

A Soviet offensive in late 1943 gained ground but failed to eliminate German forces in the bend of the Dnieper River.

20 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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The Soviet Winter Offensive: From the Vistula to the Oder

The massive Soviet Winter Offensive of 1945 spelled doom for the German forces on the Eastern Front.

20 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Demise of the Japanese Navy

The naval combat that raged around the Philippines invasion was preceded by a game of reconnaisance, intelligence gathering, and planning.

20 January 2019

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Could an M4 Sherman Tank Even Survive Against a German Panther?

No Sherman could—on paper at least—stand up to a Panther, but the U.S. had the priceless advantage of supporting airpower, plentiful reserves, and an overwhelming superiority of numbers.

17 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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The Trampled Swastika

In April 1945, as the Allies crushed Nazi Germany from all sides, the Reich that Hitler boasted would last for a thousand years was about to expire.

17 January 2019

Carl Gnam

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Russian Antitank Rifles

The Soviet Union’s two primary antitank rifles saw wide use in World War II despite the limitations of their small calibers.

17 January 2019

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