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…
In 1942,the former model Lee Miller, of Ploughkeepsie, New York, (Lady Penrose, upon marriage to Anthony Penrose in 1947) became the only woman in that year to receive US forces…