World War II
Published: November 05, 2012 at 3:26 pm
Last week, I wrote a teaser about the 1940 campaign. For most military historians, the German victory in France remains a kind of gold standard: a rapid, decisive, and relatively bloodless victory that smashed the French army and drove the …
Rachel S. Cox |
Published: November 05, 2012 at 12:25 pm
Five young idealists became the first Yanks to join the fight against Germany on the battlefield
Jim Laurier |
Published: November 05, 2012 at 12:23 pm
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This infographic originally appeared in the November/December issue of World War II magazine.…
Gerhard L. Weinberg |
Published: November 05, 2012 at 12:22 pm
Hitler's decision to declare war on the United States was decades in the making
Gerhard L. Weinberg |
Published: November 05, 2012 at 12:19 pm
In Mein Kampf, Adolf Hitler laid out a philosophy that would trigger global war. But a later volume, not published in his lifetime, is at least as shocking as his notorious My Struggle.
Laurence Rees |
Published: November 05, 2012 at 12:19 pm
After the initial euphoria of their “liberation” from Soviet rule wore off, Ukrainians were destined to experience the Nazis as some of the cruelest conquerors in history.
Andrew Carroll |
Published: November 05, 2012 at 12:19 pm
Norma Clinton was an attractive young honors student living in rural Georgia. Harry Kipp was a Marine captain from Minnesota who had survived the attack on Pearl Harbor before shipping off to the Pacific. At the request of her aunt, …
Mark Grimsley |
Published: November 05, 2012 at 12:18 pm
On May 19, 1941, the German battleship Bismarck, accompanied by the cruiser Prinz Eugen and several escort vessels, made its way through the Kattegat Strait separating Nazi-occupied Denmark from neutral Sweden. The 50,000-ton warship's objective was to reach British …
Robert M. Citino |
Published: October 22, 2012 at 1:19 pm
Military historians love to emphasize the planning process. They like to talk about "perfect plans," showing how the genius of the great commander can manifest itself even before the shooting starts. A good plan, we argue, can overwhelm the enemy, …
Robert M. Citino |
Published: October 08, 2012 at 10:30 am
Over the last few weeks, I've been writing about the Italian campaign in Ethiopia (1935–36), one of the many wars between the two world wars. We often speak of the "interwar" period, but in fact it was chock full …
Gerald D. Swick |
Published: October 03, 2012 at 6:47 pm
Modern and period photos depict LST 325, a floating tribute to those who built, crewed and disembarked from LSTs in World War II.
Robert M. Citino |
Published: September 25, 2012 at 5:06 pm
Last week I wrote about the Italian campaign in Ethiopia (or Abyssinia, as many in the world still called it) in 1935–36. It barely registers in the western historical consciousness today. After all, there are two things that military historians …
Gene Santoro |
Published: September 24, 2012 at 2:45 pm
"I know there are a lotta great stories out there about World War II," declares actor Joe Mantegna, "but I've got a pretty good one." The versatile Chicago-born star's resumé includes David Mamet films, The Simpsons, and Criminal Minds, his …
John D. Lukacs |
Published: September 14, 2012 at 10:13 am
The fading beams of my flashlight sweep the cavernous reinforced concrete laterals of Malinta Tunnel, barely illuminating my passage. Vintage wires and fixtures, timber trusses, and piles of rubble flare into focus in fleeting camera flashes, then vanish, frustratingly, in …
Robert M. Citino |
Published: September 13, 2012 at 3:48 pm
Last week I had some fun here, talking about a mighty warlord of the 1930s deciding to launch a war against a smaller and weaker adversary, and in the process precipitating World War II. Trying to be clever, I saved …
Robert M. Citino |
Published: September 04, 2012 at 10:59 am
Gambling on victory in the 1930s
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