The True Story that Inspired ‘Fury’ Is Fury a true story? Was the Fury tank an actual Sherman? It sure seems to be. In this article, the renowned and redoubtable Red2Alpha73 (Mike Durand) reviews Belton Y. Cooper’s 1998 memoir: Death Traps: The Survival of an American Armored Division in World War II.
Category: World War II History
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History of Camp Toccoa and Currahee
Hugo Jaeger WW2 Color Photo Collection
H/T Inch High Guy Invasion of Poland 1939 Color Photographs, Hugo Jaeger Collection Part I French Armor Color Photographs, Hugo Jaeger Collection Part II Dunkirk Color Photographs, Hugo Jaeger Collection Part III Invasion of Holland and Belgium Color Photographs, Hugo Jaeger Collection Part IV Invasion of Holland and Belgium Color…
WW2 Podcast: Surviving Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima
On this episode of the RealClearDefense podcast “Hot Wash,” RCD contributor John Waters speaks with William Swanson, a Marine Corps veteran of the battle of Guadalcanal in World War II’s Pacific campaign. Now 98 years old, Swanson is the author of “The View From My Foxhole” a firsthand account of the brutal fighting at Bougainville,…
Know Your WW2 History: The Invasion of Poland
The History and War Blog did an Outstanding Four Part Series on the Invasion of Poland beginning in 1939. Part 1: The Attack on Poland 1-17 September Part 2: Soviet Invasion and the Fall of Poland Part 3: The Exodus Part 4: The Aftermath Also as a cool supplement, Jeff over at The Inch…
WW2 Books Worth a Damn: Das Boot (The Boat)
“The thrilling wartime novel that inspired Wolfgang Petersen’s Academy Award-nominated, blockbuster film! Written by an actual survivor of Germany’s U-boat fleet, Das Boot is one of the most exciting stories of naval warfare ever published, a tale filled with almost unbearable tension and suspense. In autumn 1941, a German U-boat commander and his crew set…
Know Your WW2 Weapons: The German K43 Rifle, Deutschland’s DMR
GERMAN K43 RIFLE: DEUTSCHLAND’S DMR K43 is German shorthand for Karabiner 43. The same weapon was also known as the Gewehr 43. A relatively simple gas-operated design, the K43 was the German answer to our M1 Garand. However, manufacturing pressures and a suboptimal design conspired to keep the K43 from reaching its full potential….
Luftwaffe Over The Ardennes – The Forgotten Aerial Battle of the Bulge
Know Your WW2 History: The Third Reich’s Biggest Mistake
The Third Reich’s Biggest Mistake The past cannot be changed. Nonetheless, it can be used to learn a valuable lesson: The only possibility to win is to do the right thing; that is, to incorporate all white peoples equally into the Revolution, and the subsequent future White Union, making a clear distinction between the…
Know Your Weapons: The Sterling SMG
Sterling Submachinegun: The Arsenal of Villainy The Sterling submachine gun was initially developed in 1944 as a replacement for the dubious Sten. The inexpensive Sten was the right gun at the right time for Britain with her back against the sea after the miraculous Dunkirk evacuation. However, the crude nature of the Sten along with…