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The book Lincoln and His Admirals Begins with a gripping account of the attempt to re-supply Fort Sumter--a comedy of errors that shows all too clearly the fledgling president's inexperience--Symon
...at of terror caused us all to lose sight of what's really important? In a fascinating discussion of the book The Dark Side found on Elected Swineherd I found mention of a secret report Secret Red Cros...
I'm usually not bringing petitions and other activities for the blog but I thought this case is different. I stumbled upon this post on Cao's blog saying that the drag marks of flight 93 were rem
In his book What’s Left?: How Liberals Lost Their Way Nick Cohen, the British author raises the question of the way European liberalism treats Islamic Terrorism. Beyond the contortions and betraya
...n's surrender, destroying all files of intelligence value to the Allies as the end approached. A good book containing the above information and lots more is 'Shadows Dancing: Japanese Espionage Agai...
...and 2. They provide complete TO&E's for all the Panzer Divisions at various times during the war. The books commonly show a '43 Panzer Abteilung (batallion) with four kompanies, each with 4 zug (pla...
...nessing the inferiority of russian rifle against german submachinegun during the battle. well..i read a book called Secret Weapons in WW2 not long time ago. i found some thing amazed me. there was a p...
To whom it may concern: I am doing a project for my English class. We just finished the book, A Separate Peace, and now we are to do some research. My assignment is to talk to people that were teena
Hi; Any suggestions for good books and/or movies on WW II? I read the FAQ and it is missing every good book I have ever read on the subject (books: A Bridge Too Far, Eisenhower's Leutanants, The B
Can anyone suggest a good, relatively unbiased (if that's even possible) book on Andersonville? If it were to be on all similar camps of the civil war, that would be fine, but I'm more interested in A
Can anyone recommend some books that detail the actions of the French Resistance groups in France during WW2? I am interested in actions both in occupied France and Vichy France. Also, can someone poi
... deflection(leading the target) but it's not clear to me what he meant. Geoffrey Brooke in his terrific book 'Alarm Starboard' mentions the problems Prince of Wales was having being sunk, one of which...
...obody there was . and while he didn't pour the gasoline he was more than willing to run around with a book of lit matches ....
In the book 'Hitler's Last Gamble', Trevor N.Dupuy, ISBN1-8530-711-5, there is described a computer analysis program called the Quantified Judgement Model, specifically in this case the 'Ardennes Camp
...ollapse of the front in Belgium, and why they surrendered so suddenly) Any opinions on these issues, or books that you can recommend on these topics will be greatly appreicated. Thanks. Brendan W. G...
All, Just finished a new book by Ian Hogg entitled'German Artillery of World War Two' Greenhill Books, London, 1997. The last entry in the Railway Artillery chapter is the story of the 80cm Kanon in
... this group on this topic and has anyone done any serious writing on this topic? I would love to read a book or two on this subject. With respect Bob Ruth...
... God fearing as he was, sort of cold and merciless (that is waht I have concluded for various articles, books and such). Yet you also get different views which shows that he was caring for his men, ha...
There is a report on teletext news today that Prof R V Jones has died, aged 86. He was author of the book Most Secret War about his time as scientific advisor to Chrchill during WWII.
In the eighties, I saw a review of a book about the battle between the German auxiliary cruiser 'Kormoran' and HMAS 'Sydney'. The 'Sydney' was last seen drifting away, on fire, and no trace of her, or
...ted a corner of the 69th N. Y.'s flag, kissed it & said 'God bless this Irish flag' From Joseph Bilby's book 'Remember Fontenoy' on the Irish Brigade Lancaster Civil War Round Table Website http://com...
...d glorify thy holy Name; through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.' Forms of Prayer to be Used at Sea, The Book of Common Prayer...
I have a few questions relating to rare Sov tank variants I've seen as pictures in books, but never heard of in combat. The first are two T-34 variants, the OT-34 flamethrower tank and the PT-34 miner
Ingemar wrote on the subject of a Japanese submarine attacking 'Sydney:. The book is 'Who Sank the Sydney', Cassell, Melbourne, 1981. Author is = Michael Montgommery, son of the 'Sydney''s navigator
...ir) at 14 minutes interval. I am interested more on this incident. Anyone have further info? Possibly a book? Web? Any help appreciated. Eddie in San Jose...
I have read many books in which German units are referred to by the regimental number and the divisional designation is omitted. Are regimental numbers directly tied to the divisional number? For inst
...signed a school project on the concentration cam at Auschwitz. She is looking for a source, hopefully a book that a Library would have, which will give some information on the camp, including pictures...
This aspect of the war is hardly discussed in the general books on WWII, so I have a few questions if you can bear with me. What was the extent of Finnish cooperation with Germany during the war? Di
Does anyone have any particulars or book references regarding the activities of American, British, or French multi-national companies who reportedly traded with the Germans or other Axis countries dur
I picked up a copy of the book 'Japan's War The Great Pacific Conflict 1853 to 1952' by Edwin P. Hoyt, (c) 1986. It seems like a pretty good book. I was curious as to what other people thought of
...ted a corner of the 69th N. Y.'s flag, kissed it & said 'God bless this Irish flag' From Joseph Bilby's book 'Remember Fontenoy' on the Irish Brigade Lancaster Civil War Round Table Website http://com...
...Ethyl Export Corporation to I.G. Farben from October 7th 1938 is mentioned. At page 315 of the german book is Annex B. [Annex B, Testimony of Bernard Bernstein, Chief of Investigation, to 'Kligore -...
Any books written on this? Was just reading something about Frank Jay Gould. Was he there the whle time? Must be others? What happened to them? How were they treated/
...w many was taken by the US, Russian etc. How long there were POWs How many that died as POW. There is a book who claims that maybe as many as 1,000,000 geman POW died in western POW camps during 1945-...
Does anyone have any good books to recommend on the political environment during the war? I want to put the presidential election of this year in context. At what point does critizing the President's
...t remember. On the same subject, what happened to the 'author's share' of royalties from sales of the book after 1945?...
Bruce Catton, 'The Coming Fury'(Pocketbooks edition), p400, Ch. 6:6 In discussing Butler's decision to deem fugitive slaves 'contraband' Catton writes: 'Congress, very significantly, had recently
...rning Chaplains in the Civil War. Can anyone help me with finding research material such as web sights, books, articles, films etc. Thank you Russ Swope...
...ted a corner of the 69th N. Y.'s flag, kissed it & said 'God bless this Irish flag' From Joseph Bilby's book 'Remember Fontenoy' on the Irish Brigade Lancaster Civil War Round Table Website http://com...
...ted a corner of the 69th N. Y.'s flag, kissed it & said 'God bless this Irish flag' From Joseph Bilby's book 'Remember Fontenoy' on the Irish Brigade Lancaster Civil War Round Table Website http://com...
Hello, My name is Mike Lynaugh and I have a new book coming out on the Civil War. It will be out during the first week of November. The book is called, 'Ghosts of the Field.' I would like to get you
...ne: Washington's Secret Betrayal of American POWs in the Soviet Union. Washington, D.C.: National Press Books; 1992. ISBN 0-915765-83-7. $23.95US. Dallas Patterson n...@fidalgo.net...
... read 'Citizen Soldiers' by Stephen Ambrose when I got it for Christmas, which I thought was an amazing book. That's really the only book I've read on WWII. After seeing 'Band of Brothers', and the re...
...n 13 April 1861, aged 20 years. The 13th April was Saturday, the second day of the bombardment. All the books I have consulted agree that there were no Federal casualties in the bombardment. Shelby Fo...
...pected historian of anti-Semitism. I was surprised that I had never heard of him, until I found out his books are all written in French! :) Does anyone know if his work has/will be translated for thos...
This book revew was written by Cincinnati CWRT member Tom Breiner, and is posted with his permission. Confederate Tide Rising: Robert E. Lee and the Making of Southern Strategy, 1861-1862, by Joseph
Has anyone here read it? It's a kind of what if? book in which Lee gives just the right orders at the right times for the ANV to win the battle of Gettysburg. First of a trilogy, we're told. I wrote a
...yone know where I can find a Definitive list(where, when, who) of Luftwaffe victories in 1945.(Internet,books,articles.)I would very much appreciate it. Also could anyone tell me the top luftwaffe sco...
... locations have a limited number of copies of Bob Zeller's The Civil War in Depth, the first of his two books on the 3D Photo History of the War. They are priced at $7.98 in the local store....
...tem are poorly tracked [if at all] by their field officers. No surprise, but can see how it would pose 'bookkeeping' problems at end of war. Would thus be grateful for help locating text of this 'Ci...

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