Unfortunately, I was a bit disappointed with both Flags of Our Fathers and Letters From Iwo Jima. I'm not sure what I expected, but I was still...
I've read the first two books. Both are absolutely fantastic. I emailed Atkinson on a whim--I got his email address from his website:...
[ATTACH] One of my favorites: a Japanese soldier at Hiroshima, following the atomic bomb attack.
This is a total shot in the dark, the long shot of all long shots--of course! But just wondering if they were any vets on the board who ever came...
I'm showing this to my 10th grade sophomore history students. Surprisingly, they're loving it...I think they're simply thrilled to see the person...
My grandfather, Captain C.W. Hood (his picture is my avatar), was shipped out to Pearl Harbor from Oakland, CA in 1940, where he was part of the...
From what I've read, Hitler both shot himself and took cyanide at the same time. Eva only took cyanide.
I read the first half of Young Stalin, by Simon Sebag Montefiore, and the origins of Stalin's injury are unclear. It is most commonly believed to...
[ATTACH] One of my all-time favorites. A friend of mine and I were looking at this picture, and he said, "Look at the way that the soldier is...
Great link, Sloniksp...I really enjoyed reading that. I actually laughed out loud at one point...:D
"Stalingrad" by Antony Beevor OR "Flags of Our Fathers" by James Bradley...that blew my mind.
This is at Bougainville in the Solomon Islands. March 1944.
Sloniksp, your location is classic!:cool:
Wow. William C. Westmoreland...he's the absolute last one I would have expected to be most like... Great link!
Watched Saving Private Ryan on Friday. Showing "Downfall" to my students tomorrow. I can't wait! I feel lucky--I get to watch such great films...
I've read both 'The Fall of Berlin' and 'Stalingrad' and its hard to say which was better. I finished Stalingrad faster, but I think I enjoyed...
Thank you! I'm already enjoying all the posts...what a way to increase and widen my understanding of the war!
When I read the original post, my immediate response was the Battle of Stalingrad. But I also think of the terror bombing campaigns--thousands...
I'm happy to find people as fascinated by World War II as I am...:)
