History Net: Where History Comes Alive - World & US History Online » World War II http://www.historynet.com From the World's Largest History Magazine Publisher Mon, 20 May 2013 00:01:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Greatest Story Often Told: Rick Atkinson's Guns at Last Light http://www.historynet.com/the-greatest-story-often-told-rick-atkinsons-guns-at-last-light.htm http://www.historynet.com/the-greatest-story-often-told-rick-atkinsons-guns-at-last-light.htm#comments Mon, 13 May 2013 17:52:27 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13688423 THE GUNS AT LAST LIGHT 
The War in Western Europe, 1944–1945
By Rick Atkinson. 896 pp.
Henry Holt and Co., 2013. $40.

For almost 15 years—three times longer than World War II lasted—Pulitzer winner Rick Atkinson has toiled with …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/the-greatest-story-often-told-rick-atkinsons-guns-at-last-light.htm/feed 0 Kharkov 1943: The Wehrmacht's Last Victory http://www.historynet.com/kharkov-1943-the-wehrmachts-last-victory.htm http://www.historynet.com/kharkov-1943-the-wehrmachts-last-victory.htm#comments Wed, 08 May 2013 21:47:28 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13688398 http://www.historynet.com/kharkov-1943-the-wehrmachts-last-victory.htm/feed 1 MHQ Reviews: Notable Books, Summer 2013 http://www.historynet.com/mhq-reviews-notable-books-summer-2013.htm http://www.historynet.com/mhq-reviews-notable-books-summer-2013.htm#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 14:49:54 +0000 ehoward http://www.historynet.com/?p=13688321 http://www.historynet.com/mhq-reviews-notable-books-summer-2013.htm/feed 0 The Hürtgen Forest, 1944: The Worst Place of Any http://www.historynet.com/the-hurtgen-forest-1944-the-worst-place-of-any.htm http://www.historynet.com/the-hurtgen-forest-1944-the-worst-place-of-any.htm#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 14:25:15 +0000 ehoward http://www.historynet.com/?p=13688282 http://www.historynet.com/the-hurtgen-forest-1944-the-worst-place-of-any.htm/feed 0 Diversion http://www.historynet.com/diversion.htm http://www.historynet.com/diversion.htm#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 20:08:08 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13688382 It's a familiar figure of speech: "What if they gave a war, and no one came?"

I am old enough to recognize this slogan. I was born in 1958, the youngest of five, with my older siblings in college. I …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/diversion.htm/feed 5 Elco PT Boat: 80 Feet of Wood and Weaponry http://www.historynet.com/elco-pt-boat-80-feet-of-wood-and-weaponry.htm http://www.historynet.com/elco-pt-boat-80-feet-of-wood-and-weaponry.htm#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 20:22:51 +0000 David Lauterborn http://www.historynet.com/?p=13688341 http://www.historynet.com/elco-pt-boat-80-feet-of-wood-and-weaponry.htm/feed 0 Why Anvil Gets No Respect http://www.historynet.com/why-anvil-gets-no-respect.htm http://www.historynet.com/why-anvil-gets-no-respect.htm#comments Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:07:14 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13688255 Last time out, I wrote about a forgotten campaign: the Allied landing in the south of France in August 1944. The planners first called it Operation Anvil, then renamed it Dragoon just days before it took place. By any accounting, …

]]> http://www.historynet.com/why-anvil-gets-no-respect.htm/feed 6 A Combat Brotherhood That Makes a Difference - Military Order of the Purple Heart http://www.historynet.com/a-combat-brotherhood-that-makes-a-difference-military-order-of-the-purple-heart.htm http://www.historynet.com/a-combat-brotherhood-that-makes-a-difference-military-order-of-the-purple-heart.htm#comments Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:53:23 +0000 dnewbold http://www.historynet.com/?p=13688224 http://www.historynet.com/a-combat-brotherhood-that-makes-a-difference-military-order-of-the-purple-heart.htm/feed 0 Fighting Words: From the World Wars to Korea http://www.historynet.com/fighting-words-from-the-world-wars-to-korea.htm http://www.historynet.com/fighting-words-from-the-world-wars-to-korea.htm#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:49:51 +0000 ehoward http://www.historynet.com/?p=13687677 http://www.historynet.com/fighting-words-from-the-world-wars-to-korea.htm/feed 1 No Respect http://www.historynet.com/no-respect.htm http://www.historynet.com/no-respect.htm#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:19:48 +0000 aburchyski http://www.historynet.com/?p=13688070

Life isn't fair, and neither is history. Indeed, some historical events—no matter how vast or significant—seem destined to be forgotten. And World War II is full of them.

Let's say you are launching a complex amphibious invasion of an enemy-held …

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