WWII History Late Fall 2012
Tula: Hero City of the Soviet Union
By Pat McTaggartIn 1976, the Soviet city of Tula joined an elite group of nine other Soviet communities designated as “Hero Cities.” Read more
WWII History Late Fall 2012
Undeclared War in the Atlantic
By James I. MarinoBetween September 1939 and December 1941, the United States moved from neutral to active belligerent in an undeclared naval war against Nazi Germany. Read more
WWII History Late Fall 2012
“Do You Recognize My Voice?”: The Question That Ended Operation Valkyrie
By Blaine TaylorAt 12:40 PM on a hot, sultry July 20, 1944, German Führer and Reich Chancellor Adolf Hitler, 55, was seated on a wicker stool in a conference hut at his principal Eastern Front headquarters at Wolf’s Lair, Rastenburg, East Prussia, for the mid-day wartime map meeting. Read more
WWII History Late Fall 2012
The Nuremberg Tribunal: Otto Ohlendorf and the Einsatzgruppen Face Judgment
By Lance D. JonesTo plead Superior Orders one must show an inexcusable ignorance of their illegality. The sailor who voluntarily ships on a pirate craft may not be heard to answer that he was ignorant of the probability that he would be called upon to help in the robbing and sinking of other vessels … a man who sails under the flag of skull and crossbones cannot say that he never expected to fire a cannon against a merchantman,” wrote Judge John L. Read more
WWII History Late Fall 2012
The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress: Stories from a WWII Pilot
By Lester F. RentmeesterThe following story describes one of our air raids when I was piloting a Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress during World War II. Read more
WWII History Late Fall 2012
“Why I Hate My Uncle”: Hitler’s Nephew’s Letter to FDR
By Michael E. HaskewIt may come as a surprise to many that Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler failed to win the cooperation of all his family members for the dark vision of an Aryan Germany and a new world order. Read more
WWII History Late Fall 2012
One Vote Against War
By Gary KidneyOn December 8, 1941, America was still shocked by news of war. President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that the day before had been “a date which will live in infamy” because of the “unprovoked and dastardly attack” by Japan on Pearl Harbor. Read more
WWII History Late Fall 2012
Carlson’s Long Patrol: Marine Raiders at Guadalcanal
By Christopher MiskimonOn the morning of November 6, 1942, a force of 267 Marines took its first steps into the jungle from a landing point at Aola Bay, roughly 30 miles east of the American perimeter on Guadalcanal. Read more
WWII History Late Fall 2012
WWII Weapons: The Hetzer Tank Destroyer
By Robert CashnerBy 1943 it was obvious to the Germans that their tank production could not keep pace with battlefield losses. Read more
WWII History Late Fall 2012
From the Jaws of Death: MacArthur’s Escape from the Philippines
By Eric NiderostLieutenant John Bulkeley knew something was in the wind when General Douglas MacArthur invited him for an informal lunch at his headquarters on Topside, the highest elevation on the island fortress of Corregidor. Read more
