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• From Arms Race to WWII

  Read our latest book review on “Cry Havoc: How the Arms Race Drove the World to War, 1931-1941” by Joseph Maiolo. Maiolo brings years of research and study of... Read more

  Posted on 03 November 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• The Winter War: How the Gallant Finns Kill 250,000 Soviets

  

  [Crossposted from CharlesMcCain.com] Shortly after the general breakout of World War Two, there was another war, a small war which had immense consequences. Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• WWII History for Oct 26

  

  World War II History for October 26 Audio Clip: Winston Churchill Speech October 29, 1941 – These Are Great Days Oct 26, 1941 – The Australians were relieved... Read more

  Posted on 26 October 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• The Last 20 Days of the Third Reich Wonderfully Explained. Review of Germania:...

  

  [Crossposted from CharlesMcCain.com] Germania: A Novel, by Brendan McNally (Four stars), is a wonderful farce which skewers the vainglorious pomposity of the... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Amongst the Spies of WWII

  Read our latest book review on “The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War” by Thaddeus Holt. This comprehensive work details the inner... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Amongst the Spies of WWII

  Read our latest book review on “The Deceivers: Allied Military Deception in the Second World War” by Thaddeus Holt. This comprehensive work details the inner... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• WWII Special Ops Training Tip – Defending the Strangle-hold

  

  [reposted from ZenithPresstheBlog] Compiled from authentic documents originally issued by the British SOE and American OSS, Special Ops 1939-1945: A Manual of... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• “All Hands Abandon Ship!”

  

  [Crossposted from CharlesMcCain.com] The most tragic moments in the lives of both merchant sailors and navy sailors in World War Two are the stories of the men... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• POW Interview: Rudy Froeschle

  

  Interview with Rudy Froeschle (Thursday, October 7, 2010 – 9 am est) Rudy Froeschle (Ft. Myers, Fla.) was a Bomber pilot who joined the 384th Bomb Group, 544th... Read more

  Posted on 11 October 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• The Most Versatile Plane of World War Two Was Made of Wood

  

  [Crossposted from CharlesMcCain.com] From my novel, An Honorable German: Behind him the Beau Sejour disintegrated, its wooden splinters cutting down the sentrie... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• WWII Pacific Quiz

  

  We are pleased to host a preview quiz from Osprey Publishings upcoming book [The Military History QUIZ BOOK] by The Osprey Quizmaster! Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• My Grandfather’s War

  

  My thanks to the staff at World War II History for allowing me to post this guest article I was 6 or so and screamed for my mom. I couldn’t sleep. She crouched... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• New Release: Cry Havoc

  

  [Book]: New Release – Cry Havoc, How the Arms Race Drove the World to War 1931-1941 by Joseph Maiolo Description: Did the arms race of the 1930s cause the Secon... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• WWII History for September 28

  

  WWII Events Today, September 28 Audio: 26 Sept 1943 – CBS World News Sep 28, 1938 - Chamberlain repudiated the foreign ministry statement of the previous day,... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• WWII History for Sept 22

  

  WWII Events Today, September 22 Sep 22, 1940 Japan was formally granted air bases and the rights to maintain troops in French Indochina under terms of a treaty... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• The Bismarck and the Hood

  

  [Crossposted from CharlesMcCain.com]On 19 May 1941 the German battleship Bismarck (below left), then the largest and most powerful battleship in the world, put... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• A Dark and Bloody Ground: the Hürtgen Forest and the Roer River Dams 1944-45

  

  [Crossposted from CharlesMcCain.com] A Dark and Bloody Ground: the Hürtgen Forest and the Roer River Dams, 1944-45 by Edward C. Miller is a scholarly history... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Battle of Britain – 175 Shot Down

  

  BBC Alvar Liddell – 15 September 1940 Battle of Britain Here is the midnight news and this is Alvar Liddell reading it. After 10 o’clock 175 german aircraft... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• Campaign Shields of the German Army

  

  [Crossposted from CharlesMcCain.com] The Third Reich had a lot of decorations and medals. Some days back I did a post on cuff titles and wanted to follow it wit... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY

• SB2U Vindicators

  

  of Scouting Squadron (VS) 41 pictured in flight over the Atlantic on September 7, 1942 General characteristics Crew: Two, pilot and gunner Length: 34 ft 0 in... Read more

  Posted on 08 September 2010 CULTURE, HISTORY