Archive for the ‘ WW2 ’ Category
Interesting story here from an 89-year-old pilot who flew the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk of Flying Tiger fame. Here’s the first few paragraphs: World War II veteran Kirk Kirkpatrick enthralled dozens of guests at the Touchmark retirement community’s Men’s Club meeting on May 1. The 89-year-old Flying Tiger presented an oral history of the famed fighting [ READ MORE ]
Interesting article from The Voice of Russia. I have a few comments below the article. Secrets of the Stalingrad Conveys. A unique underwater search expedition, “The Secrets of the Stalingrad Convoys”, has been completed on the Volga River. It was dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Battle of Stalingrad. A team [ READ MORE ]
News from 1943 Headlines Milwaukee Journal In this installment I’ll cover… Warbonds Ration Guide In looking at these two subjects I am very much aware of looking at a time that my generation has no clue of. I was born in 1953 and the only thing I remember my parents ever mentioning was the rationing-something [ READ MORE ]
News from 1943 Headlines Milwaukee Journal in part one…. 1. The Lord’s Supper 2. Easter Candy and Flowers 3. Doolittle Raid My son’s father-in-law and my friend lent me a newspaper dated April 22nd 1943. He knew of my interest in history and thought I’d like to see it. What is more, it’s a newspaper [ READ MORE ]
As a kid, I and my friends who were interested in World War 2 were enthralled and excited when the movie The Battle of Britain came out. I recall going to public library in order to read up on the time period when Britain stood virtually alone against the Nazis. The out numbered but never [ READ MORE ]
Do not underestimate the power of symbolism. Symbols mean something or they would not be used. Many downplay or even defend Marxism claiming it differs in substance from Stalinist or Maoist Communism. This is only true by degree. Marxists are a large camp with some differences but all are collectivists. The symbolism used, especially on [ READ MORE ]
I’m about to be politically incorrect. It won’t be the first time, nor will it be the last I’m sure. But before I go politically incorrect here is the obligatory disclaimer, although I think it’s a good one. My mother-in-law who passed away in 2006 was an Army veteran of WW2. She was a WAC [ READ MORE ]
I found out today that the USS Wisconsin (named for my State) is 66 years old today. 68 years young and still as beautiful as ever. Commissioning pamphlet from the Philadelphia Navy Yard, April 16 1944. Small print reads “Displacement 52,000 tons at full load; length 880 feet, beam 108 feet, draft 36 feet, according [ READ MORE ]
April 16 1945 The Red Army has stormed into East Prussia and German Pomerania. The Germans who live there are terrified for good reason. The Red Army has been whipped into a revenge mode by the Soviet author Ilya Ehrenburg. Urged on by Stalin the Red Army would embark on an orgy of rape and destruction not [ READ MORE ]
They found my V2! Pensioner who told police when he saw Hitler’s rocket drop into the sea is vindicated as warhead is found intact in mudfield | Mail Online. I read about this in a Brit newspaper. If you do not know what a V2 was check out the video. After the war the Americans [ READ MORE ]
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