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All category topics on the military, political, social, and cultural aspects of the Second World War.

All category topics on the military, political, social, and cultural aspects of the Second World War.


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The German Navy in World War 2

The following article is an excerpt from The Hunt for Hitler's Warship © 2015 by Patrick Bishop. It is available now from Amazon or Barnes & Noble. In the 1920s and early 1930s, the head of the modern German fleet, Admiral Erich Raeder kept his distance from Hitler until he came to power. His first impression of…

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The Berlin Airlift: A Historic Air Operation

The following article on the Berlin Airlift is an excerpt from Warren Kozak's Curtis LeMay: Strategist and Tactician. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. In the immediate years after World War Two, when Germany was still little more than a rubble heap, U.S. Air Force General Curtis LeMay arrived in…

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The B-17 Flying Fortress: The Dependable Bomber

The following article on the B-17 Flying Fortress is an excerpt from Warren Kozak's Curtis LeMay: Strategist and Tactician. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. In 1934, the Air Corps visionaries, led by Billy Mitchell disciples Hap Arnold and Tooey Spaatz under the command of Major Generals Frank Andrews…

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The Firebombing of Tokyo: Death From Above

The following article on the firebombing of Tokyo is an excerpt from Warren Kozak's Curtis LeMay: Strategist and Tactician. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. With the drawing up of firebombing of Tokyo campaign in early 1945, the United States Army Air Force was faced with a strategic and ethical…

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The Bombing of Tokyo—The Wrath of the B-29s

The following article on the Bombing of Tokyo is an excerpt from Warren Kozak's Curtis LeMay: Strategist and Tactician. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. Survivors described the Bombing of Tokyo as a moonscape of twisted reddish-black iron, roasted sheet metal and rubble scattered across sixteen square miles…

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George S. Patton in World War I

The following article on Patton in World War I is an excerpt from H.W Crocker III's The Yanks Are Coming! A Military History of the United States in World War I. It is available for order now from Amazon and Barnes & Noble. George S. Patton is a legendary World War II general, but much…

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Intelligence Warnings of the Pearl Harbor Attack Before Dec. 7, 1941

The following is an excerpt from John Koster's Operation Snow: How a Soviet Mole in FDR's White House Triggered Pearl Harbor. Using recently declassified evidence from U.S. archives and newly translated sources from Japan and Russia, it presents new theories on the causes of the Pearl Harbor attack. It is available to…

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Soviet Mole Harry White’s Efforts to Trigger the Pearl Harbor Attack

The following is an excerpt from John Koster's Operation Snow: How a Soviet Mole in FDR's White House Triggered Pearl Harbor. Using recently declassified evidence from U.S. archives and newly translated sources from Japan and Russia, it presents new theories on the causes of the Pearl Harbor attack. It is available to…

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Japanese Diplomacy Before Pearl Harbor

The following article on Japanese diplomacy before Pearl Harbor is an excerpt from John Koster's Operation Snow: How a Soviet Mole in FDR's White House Triggered Pearl Harbor. Using recently declassified evidence from U.S. archives and newly translated sources from Japan and Russia, it presents new theories on the causes of the…

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