One day, two of our fellows were on guard duty in the woods on the east side of town when they saw two fellows in American uniforms and no helmets. They said they had been in a convoy and had been left behind. The guards took them prisoner, took them to Arlon, and turned them ove...
Categories Short Reviews Tags childhood, Laura Beheler, novel, women writers, World War Two All the Brave Promises, by Mary Lee Settle (1966) 16 November 2022 When Studs Terkel titled his 1984 oral history of the American experience in World War Two The Good War, he meant it ironically. ...
Discrimination based on gender and race was rampant in the 1940s. Male nurses were not allowed in the ANC during World War II, just as female physicians were not admitted to the Medical Corps. In October 1940, a small quota of African-American nurses were admitted to the ANC. Despite a ...
a new Thirty Years’ War played out on a world stage that led to the demise of Europe’s imperial powers and their Asian equivalent and the rise of the American empire as their replacement. Germanic
The first of Skorzeny's plans called for a Trojan horse mission with the 150th Panzer Brigade driving captured American and British tanks; the objective was the capture of bridges on the Meuse. Then German commandos were to be dressed in American uniforms and sent behind enemy lines; these ...
Uniforms 15. Others D. Campaigns and Operations 1. Land War a. France and Flanders b. Russian Front c. Dardanelles, Gallipoli, and Balkans d. Italian Theater e. Other Theaters 2. War in the Air a. General Sources b. American Air Role c. Foreign Air Services 3. Naval Power and World...
Uniforms and GearLinks to pages on uniforms, medical supplies, radios, electronics and much more. Visual = 5 Content = 5 W2220 War DogsLarge collection of how dogs were used in war. Visual = 5 Content = 5 W2230 Code Breakers of World War II ...
Director Lewis Milestone was the master of the grunt’s-eye view, and with this account of a few hours in the life of an American platoon in Italy he set the template for dozens of thoughtful war films that followed. For long stretches, nothing much happens – but when it does it’s ...
Book Signing – Saturday 2 August 2014 Hi all! I know that it’s been a long time – I’m still recovering after D-Day 70! – but just to let you all know that I will be signing copies of ‘Portsmouth’s World War One Heroes’ at Waterstones in Portsmouth this coming Saturday, 2...
stormtroopers or brownshirts for the color of their uniforms. It was established in Nov 1921 and remained in place until the end of the European War, but its power diminished after the Night of the Long Knives in 1934. After the war, the SA was found not to be a criminal organization....