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...re killed during World War I. They believe the bodies of up to 400 soldiers remain in unmarked graves in northern France near the site of the Battle of Fromelles. It is the largest discovery of its ki...
  I've read a very disturbing post on History Unfolding about the Israeli historian Morris that characterized the dangers that Iran poses to Israel with regard to its effort to develop nucle
Just finished reading an article in the Volume 7, Number 1 issue of North & South magazine titled 'Abraham Lincoln: Savior or Tyrant'. Very interesting article pitting Thomas DiLorenzo against Georg
... probably gives insight as to what kind of expectations the average German soldier had when he landed in North Africa in February of 1941. Thanks in advance for the fill-in. Tim Watkins 'Flying ...
Is anyone aware of any Waffen SS activities or presence in North Africa? Anything whatsoever? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
If you extend your area of interest to the north, a Japanese submarine shelled Estevan Point (near the city of Victoria) on Vancouver Island.
...d be wrong, but I don't recall anyone on this list, except Caldwell, claiming there was no racism in the North. There's a difference between racism and slavery, you know. n canfield...
...orting out' period starting about 150 years ago deriving from this situation: In Britian- a coal mine up north with factories handy and a bank in London In Germany- a coal mine in the Ruhr with factor...
...very battlefield in the eastern theater is within a two hour drive of DC, ranging from Gettysburg in the north to the battlefields around Richmond in the south. (Appomattox may be a bit more than 2 ho...
...d was once again handsomely profiting from slavery. As it happens, Lowells' mill was built shortly after Northerner Eli Whitney had designed his famous cotton gin, and cotton production was booming. I...
...bt the occasion of secession; out of it rose the breach of compact, for instance, on the part of several Northern States in refusing to comply with Constitutional obligations as to rendition of fugiti...
Northerners say, 'There ain't no hell.' Southerners say, 'The hell there ain't!!'
...to Germana Ford and thus to Va. to take on Lee and the ANV, etc thru the Wilderness, Spots, Cold Harbor, North Anna, etc to Petersburg and ultimately to the end? Where was Meade in this? Had he any ...
...rillant flank attack and grievous wounding Petersburg - despite his slowly-healing wounds, he commands north of the James, expertly fending off attacks and demonstrations in his sector Appomattox ...
... killed thousands of innocent civilians. I don't want to go there (again). :-) Rather, from a moderate northern viewpoint, the issue of whether it was a 'good idea' as implemented has puzzled me a l...
...was an Abolitionist fanatic. Nor did he much care about the propaganda value of the EP - he believed the Northern abolitionists had been slandering the South for years. The EP was nothing compared to ...
...d land. This partition, which endures to this very day (as the presence of such political parties as the Northern League, demanding the secession of all regions north of the Po River from impoverished...
...omphrehend the potential effectiveness of Lincoln's ideas. Of course, eventually, Lincoln would find an unorthodox western general whose thinking was very much like Lincoln's....
... went something like this. A Confederate skirmisher near the Bliss Farm stood up and yelled toward his Northern counterparts, 'Don't fire Yanks'. Some Union soldiers raised their guns but others ask...
...ht I'd float it here. Whom do you believe are the lowest and scummiest personalities of the Civil War. North and South?...
... will see the forum as a serious place of information, instead of an ongoing combat between Southern and Northern sympathizers. ********************************************************** Moderatio...
This would be 2nd Alamein, and 9th Australian Division. These presumably came from the Littorio Division, which faced 9th Australian. This would presumably be the main coast road through Sidi Abd
...mployment to the market for which slave picked cotton was the source material. Slavery did a lot of good north AND south in terms of narrow economic interest. Yet the same folks who profited from sl...
...land, and Army of the Tennessee. Southern armies were often named after geographical areas, i.e, Army of Northern Virginia, Army of Tennessee. Who was responsible for naming armies? The commander in...
...Derveer's brigade is designated to begin the day on the banks of the Chickamauga Creek, about 1000 yards north of Dyer's Bridge. This seems very odd and I was wondering if something happened at the ...
...ves a different take. Let us make two assumptions, neither of which involve ASBs. First, the Army of Northern Virginia is still divided into three infantry in OTL. Lee had believed for some time t...
...the Nazis formed many SS units comprised mainly of anti-communists from its vassal states in Western and Northern Europe, but what about places like Czechoslovakia? Bohemia and Moravia were designated...
...ctions like Sherman? What if Lee would have burned Harrisburg, York, Fredrick, Gettyburg,etc.? Since the Northern population was all ready fed up with the war, what effect would this have on the out c...
...e to the danger from explosives. It is not known yet whether any crew members survived the crash. From NORTH EAST DIARY 1939 - 1945 by Roy Ripley and Brian Pears (published on the Net, an excellent ...
... there were thirty-six generals, including Hans Jurgen von Arnim. Von Arnim commanded the Axis forces in North Africa after Rommel was recalled to Germany. The German generals, held in a special com...
After Pearl, Churchill came to the US and addressed Congress in December 1941, then travelled to Canada, then back home. What mode of transport did he use on each leg of the trip? TIA.
...hy they did not take the opportunity to take over the remaining Britsh colonies (specifically Canada) in North America? I would appreciate any thoughts on this matter. Thank you....
...s to get an answer to without success. I had 2 great-great uncles that fought in the Civil War for the north. They were in the 66th New York Infantry. Uncle Adolph was a Sgt in Company K, and Uncle ...
That general welfare thing is always the kicker. But the slave holders thought the north wouldn't fight, couldn't fight. That puts them in good company with their ideological successors, the Nazis a
Is North & South still being published ? The website hasn't been updated since March of this year. Robert McClain
...ut still, I find it telling that after he returned from inuries suffered on Saratoga, he was sent to the North Pacific, essentially a sideshow. Harold Hutchison...
... into a communist and non-communist parts and the Korean war came about because the USSR was entitled to North Korea? This was because of the Russian participation against Japan in the waning days of ...
...ave a road until the 1960s. The war monument listed about 15 dead in WWII, about equally divided between North Africa, the Eastern front ('Caduta in Russia'), and the resistance (I assume the Germans ...
...ng to see if anyway knows about this USAAF bomb group during WW2? It was based at Grafton Underwood in Northamptonshire England I would be keen to hear from anyone who knows anything about it __...
...Market - Garden, I keep shaking my head over the lack of urgency of some British commanders on the drive north to aid the paratroops fighting for their lives at Arnhem. Horrocks made clear that 30 Cor...
... but as gravely questioning its expediency. I believed that the revolutionary spirit which infected both North and South was but a passing phase of fanaticism which would perish under the rebuke of al...
... I have always wondered about one thing in the war between the states. Looking at the assets of both the north and the south the biggest question that always lingers in my mind is why did Lee and othe...
...cemetery. Apparently they purchased a headstone for the plot. Can anyone confirm this story? I am going 'north' this spring and would like to photograph the...
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
...e 2. A civilian, resident of a Confederate state occupied by Federal troops 3. A civilian, living in the North, suspected of disloyal activity....
...ver they could? Allowed to travel? Denied permission? Did they need special passes? Basically, how did Northern soldiers treat wealthy southern land-owners on the run? My knowledge of US Civil War...
...23, 1941 (quoted in his book), 'the Fuehrer selected General Rommel for the role [of German commander in North Africa] personally. The Army had suggested another general' (p. 100). So, Rommel was as...
...ted Yankee), which is a fictional biography of a Black Confederate soldier from the highlands of western North Carolina. I have been a guest on more than 75 radio programs and am a frequent speaker at...
I am looking for a web site or a book which details the infringement of civil liberties both in the Union and the C.S.A. This would include government closure of newspapers, arrest of persons who op
...he documentation that indicates that the 473d Infantry assaulted and captured Mt Belvedere (the mountain Northwest of Florence, Italy) and were forced off the mountain during the night by heavy German...
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