On August 1, 1943, 177 B-24 bombers take off from an Allied base in Libya, bound for the oil-producing city Ploiești, Romania, nicknamed “Hitler’s gas station.” The daring raid, known…
I'm going to give you a 7-day itinerary for a quick vacation to travel to multiple World War 2 areas, which include Normandy, Berlin, Munich, and a stop in Brussels.…
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The Battle of Midway. As most people know the Battle of Midway was a naval battle in the Pacific Theatre of World War II which occurred between June 3rd and…
Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1938–1941, by Alan Allport, Knopf, New York, 2020, Approximately $22 on Amazon Great Britain may have suffered during World…
Posted on November 5, 2020 by James Wyllie When I began my account of these women’s lives, people would ask me what I was working on and after I’d explained…
This order was issued by Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower to encourage Allied soldiers taking part in the D-day invasion of June 6, 1944. By May 1944, almost 3 million Allied troops were gathered in…
Walk Bloody Ridge, and it becomes clear why a swathe of otherwise unremarkable ground was so important to the Allies. It’s awfully far away for most and pretty remote, but…
By Sgt. 1st Class Sean Everette WASHINGTON, Dec. 7, 2020 — Dec. 7 is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, the anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and…
By Army Sgt. Jarel Chugg-Guerra WASHINGTON, Nov. 9, 2020 — The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) conducted their first-ever virtual Family Member Update (FMU) for Little Rock,…