World War II
Robert M. Citino |
Published: May 21, 2012 at 11:09 am
When the battlefield is 450,000 square miles of deep blue sea, strength can count for a whole lot less.
Published: May 21, 2012 at 12:01 am
Has there ever been a motion picture depicting Operation Halyard produced?
L.T. Ricamore
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Dear Mr. Ricamore,
Operation Halyard, the evacuation of as many as 512 downed Allied aircrewmen from behind German lines with the aid of Dragoljub Mihailovic's …
Published: May 18, 2012 at 5:52 pm
Both books from Osprey Publishing detail the guns and their roles in Vietnam
Carl O. Schuster |
Published: May 15, 2012 at 3:20 pm
The Shawnee troop transport was first deployed to Vietnam in December 1961
Published: May 14, 2012 at 12:01 am
Franklin Roosevelt had warned the Japanese after they occupied French Indochina, that any attack on British or Dutch possessions would be considered an unfriendly act. Would he have been able to get a declaration of war from Congress if they …
Jon Guttman |
Published: May 03, 2012 at 4:17 pm
The Americans relied on the lightweight, shallow-draft LCVP (aka Higgins boat) to quickly put landing forces ashore in World War II.
Jon Guttman |
Published: May 03, 2012 at 3:30 pm
The Panzerfaust delivered a hard-hitting 1.8-pound warhead that could penetrate up to 8 inches of armor at close range.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: May 03, 2012 at 2:34 pm
David Edgerton's book Britain's War Machine challenges the notion that Britain was militarily weak in the ramp-up to World War II.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: May 03, 2012 at 2:03 pm
In Undefeated, Bill Sloan sifts through official histories and firsthand accounts in a review of the desperate 1941-42 Battles of Corregidor and Bataan and subsequent U.S.-Filipino surrender to Japanese forces.
HistoryNet Staff |
Published: May 03, 2012 at 1:19 pm
Robert Citino's World War II history The Wehrmacht Retreats looks at German reverses in the pivotal year 1943, focusing on the role of the Wehrmacht and the German chain of command.
Published: May 03, 2012 at 8:38 am
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Robert M. Citino |
Published: May 03, 2012 at 8:38 am
Just how good were Rommel and his legendary Afrika Korps?
Alan Furst |
Published: May 03, 2012 at 8:35 am
A foolhardy French cabinet minister attempts to abscond with Nazi bribe money
Alistair Horne |
Published: May 03, 2012 at 8:20 am
How a handful of American fliers turned the tide of World War II in the Pacific
Timothy M. Gay |
Published: May 03, 2012 at 8:17 am
In an excerpt from Timothy M. Gay's book, Assignment to Hell, Walter Cronkite recounts his first experience in a glider as a reporter in World War II.
Christine Ammer |
Published: May 03, 2012 at 8:08 am
MHQ lexicographer Christine Ammer looks into the origins of animal names used in World War II slang.
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