1941, the Soviet Union faced the strongest, most mobilized and skilled army in the world with the industrial, economic and military potential of almost all Europe working for it. Not only the Wehrmacht,
Prior to the catastrophic 1973 fire which destroyed most Army service records at the National Archives, morning reports were primarily used to verify eligibility for benefits or awards- which may have been omitted from the veteran’s Official Military Personnel File. After the fire, the morning rep...
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who had access to only limited information and were not privy to the larger military-intelligence picture. In addition, records have conclusively shown that these participants, despite laying down a solid foundation of verifiable facts, have in a number of critical places distorted and embroidered th...
Interestingly, this name was recycled from an earlier project, the original Me 209, which had been crafted specifically to set world-breaking speed records. However, it was ill-suited for military purposes and the project was ultimately shelved having fulfilled its original purpose. Despite this, ...
In June 2011, I made another trip to National Archives II (NAII) in College Park, Maryland, the location of the escape and evasion reports of American airmen in WWII and the military intelligence files on their helpers. I spent a week there copying files and will be incorporating what I ...
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America. Then there were draft dodgers to pursue, immigrants to investigate, and background checks of federal workers to be made. Meanwhile, crime was increasing nationwide as criminals tried to defraud the government and steal from its vast military supplies. (Courtesy of Mary Lou Kerst Moor...
When the Nazis came to power in Germany during the early 1930’s they sought to modernize their armed forces with more modern military equipment. The founding of a new air force, the Luftwaffe as it was known in Germany, was one of the main priorities of the new regime. Massive resources...