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...ion to Georgia and the Iraqi invasion to Kuwait at the beginning of the millennium and all the local East European wars in between.
I guess sometimes the lesson of history is so clear that it can't ...
Max Boot's article as of this morning discusses the need of the East European countries to be able to protect themselves against Russian aspirations to regain control over larger and larger areas. His
...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 betrayals of libera...
Pardon my lack of specific knowledge here but I have been curious about something.
What happened to the WWI battlefields in France and Belgium during the WWII years. Were there any WWII battles on o
...incipal ship used in these exchanges. It made only two trips in the Japanese exchange but several more in European exchanges.
As Germany was collapsing, a dozen top Japanese diplomats and military a...
...d at the hands of Hitler's regime. However, the discussion of Mussolini's regime always seems to focus on Europe. Yet, the focus of his empire's expansion was always in Africa...
Could anyone send me some information about the first mission performed by the USAAF in the ETO and in N. Africa during the War,? Many thanks in advance
...war' At the time the polls showed(pre PH) that 60-70% of the US public were against getting involved in a European War.
One of problems that most of us in the United States who were against going to...
...ped their bombers with those monsters and flew over reich sky and dumped them all over. germany and whole europe becoming hell. the beginning of end as we know as civilization. so we can see how impor...
... Spanish Republic because they did prefer an other fascist government than a communist country in Western Europe.
The Spanish Civil War ended July 18th, 1.939. The first friendly contacts between th...
...to war against Germany, even in the face of the resistance of his own country.'
As the war continued in Europe, American leaders were trying to get Roosevelt involved in the war even though the peop...
...iterranian and Burma campaigns were about that. Post war it did not get better leading to Britain joining Europe where the other coal mine/factory/bank set up was still going.
WW1 put the German ban...
...e Italian production numbers were almost pathetic. The Italian automobile industry was among the first in Europe to adopt Henry Ford's mass production techniques, but ironically that did not seem to h...
...e who was in the 4th Infantry Division landed on Utah Beach on D-Day and spent over 300 days in combat in Europe once told me that he never saw a black American soldier the entire time he was there.
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...ers' was great, but focused mainly on the American GI's. Is there another, more comprehensive book on the European theater?
What's the best bio on Hitler, specifically during the war years?
Thanks...
... he was in WWII, his unit was the 13th Armored Division. All I know about his time in WWII is that got to Europe in Jan 45 at Le Harve, France. I am looking around (mostly on the Web) for info on wher...
...r countries only joined the SS in a war against Communism, which must have been a real threat to mainland Europe at the tiem. I have met briefly (unfortunately he just died ) a Russian who was born in...
I am trying to find out what medals are authorized for a WWII combat European Theatre Vet. I am getting these for my grandfather for christmas, I know he has the purple heart and CIB. I need to know t
...r, inadequate supplies, overwhelming enemy forces, etc), I doubt he could've had his romp through western Europe.
Personally I think both Rommel and Patton would make great Corps and army commanders...
True, warfare began in China before Europe, but when does it become 'World War'? I don't think you have 'World War' when only two nations are in conflict, you need multiple nations involved. That didn
...d documents from the cold war. One document struck my attention. It was a rather schematic map of Western Europe (no borders, but some cities and rivers where shown) with the area ca. 200 km around Be...
I've been doing a bit of research regarding B-24 operations over Europe and have come across the rank of 'Flight Officer' in the US Army Air Forces. The two Flight Officers about whom I've read were b
...econstruction *Prison camps *Reenacting *The right of secession *Participation by various ethnic groups. *European reaction to the war *Immigration, how the war affected potential emigrants *Technolog...
... > British and Commonwealth troops to repeatedly defeat German > troops, even the elite German troops, in Europe was actually > formulated and in place by 1942-43?
They could do that because the Ame...
...y. Most American combat pilots served a year or a fixed number of missions, say 25 for heavy bombers over Europe, 50 for medium bombers in other theaters, then went home for rest and reassignment. Ver...
Because Morphine is derived from Poppy's grown outside of Europe, what did the German's use as a medical narcotic?
...evolution, The Cold War.
It is not unfair to say that in comparison to many other countries (especially European and asian countries) America does not have much of a history. It has two main events ...
...ys been one of the best tools the US has had to solve political crises. It inherited this militarism from Europe, where they have been doing the same thing for centuries.
The US gained its independe...
Does anyone have any knowledge of central European SS units? I know the Nazis formed many SS units comprised mainly of anti-communists from its vassal states in Western and Northern Europe, but what a
... began when one poster made a general comment that at the time the African slave trade was occuring, most Europeans either supported or were neutral to the idea of enslaving Africans.
on pretty safe...
...rmany and the USSR were allies at this time.
In other words, the Soviets had already invaded (parts of) Europe (not just planned to invade Europe) long before the USA became their ally. The Waffen S...
Autumn arrives early, bringing cool wet weather and triggering the need for winter clothing, which is slow to arrive. The jerrican situation is considered so important a US/British, Allied Container A
...Jews, the Masons, or some other evil cabal dragged the innocent Americans into a war with those Aryans in Europe who were only trying to right the wrongs of Versailles. We were threatened, just as the...
...the whole world as one, and...make a new national birth in the chaotic world of the minorities of Western Europe, and rule over it. The rule of China is merely the first step toward rule of the world ...
...re leaving Austria as a weak country with a ravaged economy.
The destruction of the 'ruling classes' of Europe cast whole populations adrift in a sea of economic chaos. Do not forget either that Pre...
I am doing research into the looting of Western Europe and and some questions regarding the organizations involved. From what I have read within the ghettos the German Kripo, Criminal Investigations D
...mately 3 years. 10 months
Jim Garner wrote to this news group:
Also: Total Allied presence in western Europe at the end of the war was in the nature of (85 to 95 divisions? - please clarify) but o...
Regarding railroad use for logistic support in the Northwest Europe campaign, a quick look at the US Army official history reveals that by 1-1-45 at the latest, over half of the supplies delivered to
...of 1938, accepted by Britain and France because Hitler announced this was his 'last territorial demand in Europe.'
3. Within less than a year, Hitler annexed the rest of the Czech part of Czechoslov...
...late, intelligent and decisive he was. Since I had read many accounts of the action including 'Crusade in Europe' there were no real factual revelations. I was a teen during much of the time he was pr...
.... . . . He [Badeau] served in various consulates during Grant's term of office and later traveled through Europe with him [Grant]. Author of _Military History of Ulysses S. Grant_ and _Grant in Peace_...
...ybe I can find some arguments here.
The question: Who's to blame for WW2? Hitler (Germany) or the other European super powers (F, GB)? Hitler seized the chance? GB and France let Germany start the w...
...French soldiers sustaining less than 450 of their own.
It didn't take a crystal ball to forsee that the Europeans would have nothing to do supporting a slaveocracy in a Civil War. This was pretty mu...
...is ever likely to fathom the character and soul of these Asiatics, born and bred on the other side of the European frontiers.'
'He disregards accepted tactical principles but sticks to the letter of...
...Union, and wasn't why the Germans attacked in any case. Hitler intended to carve out an empire in Eastern Europe whether the Soviets had anything planned or not.
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Multi - turreted tanks were all the rage during 1930 to 1941 period. Practically every major European power had a AFV with more that one turret. By the end of 1941, they were all scrapped and never to
...tegic Union victory). Lincoln's subsequent Emancipation Proclamation put the last nail into the coffin of European intervention. Britain's public opinion would not support a war in favor of slavery; a...
...but it is another to reduce and hold in permanent possession that of a country nearly as large Russia and Europe. We have never questioned the superiority of the North for purposes of warfare, but no ...
...sion and slow march to Germany. It would have saved thousands of Holocaust victims. It would have allowed Europe to start reconstruction a lot sooner, with a lot less devastation. It may have inspired...
I'm reading a book that refers to either a British or Canadian rank in WWII Europe after D-Day as '2 i/c' and 'Major 2 i/c' Is this an NCO rank or officer's? Where does it fit in the hierarchy?
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