I'm not sure if there is a thread started for this mini-series elsewhere but I couldn't find it and thought we'd be remiss not to discuss this...
Have any of you had a chance to see Flags of Our Father or Letters From Iwo Jima? They were both great films but the first is definitely more...
I know that the opening up of fronts on both sides of Germany was one big reason for the end of the war. This was especially true when Operation...
There definitely was cannibalism when the Germans were trying to survive at this point in the war. Most books about Russian/German conflict will...
Operation Overlord was essentially the major turning point of the war for Western forces as it forced the Axis forces to deal with fronts on...
I had heard of this before but the picture really captures how 'normal' it would be to have decomposing horses strewn around Normandy. It makes...
As far as I know the Battle for Berlin was essentially intense militarization of civilians in order to halt the Russian advance by any means...
That's a good site -Spitfire- and this thread is very well done. I have seen a few pictures of the Battle of Stalingrad before and it always sort...
I was trying to find a Canadian subcategory in the list of countries and groups involved in WWII but couldn't see one! Maybe a new addition could...
The RAF men were especially brave and given relatively less credit in comparison to their infantry counterparts. WWII was fought in a great part...
That picture is heart wrenching. This is another great piece and illustrates well the terror and oppression that Polish citizens would have felt...
Thanks for the great read. I find Polish WWII history especially interesting as it usually glossed over in most studies and looked at only in its...
I haven't read a lot about the Bataan Death March but have heard a little about it and how extremely torturous it would have been for the subjects...
There were a lot of sexual atrocities in the West as well that don't get as much publicity. Russian soldiers marching toward Germany were fond of...
This book was a great one that I just read for a War and Society class in university. It's by a military historian named Omer Bartov and is a...
This is a great book that I read as part of an university German history course. Like the title says it focuses on World War II's effect on the...
Many think of Poland in terms of the nation's part in serving example as the first nation to fall victim to the Nazi regime but Polish partisan...
My grandfather was part of a Ferry Command delivering fighters and Lancaster bombers during the end years of the war but I've learned over the...
