Did You Know a Man Died During WW2 Because he resembled Churchill? This story reminded me of the classic 1976 WW2 Movie The Eagle has Landed (based on the novel by Jack Higgins) where a body double was used for Churchill as a lure for a possible kidnap attempt. In the movie, the body…
Category: World War Two Book’s Worth A Damn
In Memoriam: Lt. Commander Lou Conter, USN
Last survivor of Japanese attack on USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, Lou Conter, dies at 102 Like most men of his generation, Lt. Commander Conter was duty driven, fearless and tough as boot leather. I urge all you guys to read his story, it is truly amazing.
Know Your WW2 History: Masters of the Air Twofer
DID YOU KNOW WHY THE GERMAN PLANES ATTACKED FROM THE FRONT IN MASTERS OF THE AIR? DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THE AERIAL ROCKETS SEEN IN MASTERS OF THE AIR? Highly recommend this mini-series along with the book upon which it is based: Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War…
Know Your WW2 Pacific War History: The Battle of Peleliu – A Meat Grinder of the Pacific War
Battle of Peleliu – Revisting a Meat Grinder of the Pacific War This is a long but worthwhile read. The author, Capt. Dale Dye, USMC, Ret. is an astute Marine Corp and Military Historian. He was the military advisor on several series and movies such as Band of Brothers, The Pacific and Platoon. I…
Fairbairn and Sykes: Shooting to Live
Fairbairn and Sykes: Shooting to Live Travis Pike provides a practical review of the classic book “Shooting to Live” by Fairbairn and Sykes. Considered by many to be a forerunner to modern defensive firearms training, the book focused on the use of handguns in self-defense scenarios. The authors, with their extensive experience in law…
A Tribute to Andrew Jackson Higgins and the Boats that Won the War
A very Important yet often overlooked aspect of World War 2 History is the civilian contributions that were made!
Know Your WW2 History: German-Soviet Alliance – How the Soviet Union Enabled Hitler’s Conquests
German-Soviet Alliance: How Soviet Union Enabled Hitler’s Conquests For all you fellow amateur military historians out there, I highly recommend you bookmark the resources for this article. They make for some excellent reading by themselves: The Buildup of the German War Economy: The Importance of the Nazi-Soviet Economic Agreements of 1939 and 1940 Historian…
Know Your WWII History: The True Story that Inspired ‘Fury’
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.
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 Weapons: The Lewes Bomb
WHO DARES WINS with a Lewes Bomb! BBC is currently running a Six episode series titled SAS Rogue Heroes based on the book by Ben MacIntyre. I have only watched half of it so far but from what I have seen I like it.