What I find interesting about the attack is that although Yamamoto planned it, he later believed that it was a major blunder. Furthermore, he...
Because of their warrior mentality, the Japanese soldiers would have fought until the last drop of their blood and taken many of our brave...
Does anyone have any recommendations for a book on the Battle of the Bulge? I have been looking for one for years and can't seem to find...
Band of Brothers looks like a great one to read. I just popped over to Amazon's website to see what the reviews look like and it's just...
As the son of a Chinese immigrant, this is one of those areas of WW II that just makes my blood boil. To this day, my mother has a deep hatred of...
In my humble opinion, this is one of the most creative methods of cryptology that took place during WW II. Philip Johnston came up with the idea...
Sgt. Alvin York is best known for his leadership in which he and 7 other men charged a machine gun nest. When the nest was finally taken down,...
I appreciate those celebrities who go over to war zones to entertain the men and women who are fighting for our country. It's the ones who...
I am such a huge Humphrey Bogart fan that I really like just about every movie that he has been in including this one. One of my favorite scenes...
It's been a long time since I had seen this movie in its entirety. The last time I saw it was while working on my MBA. Our instructor used it as...
I used to be really critical of the movie Pearl Harbor (the one with Ben Affleck in it) but after seeing it and realizing that the director wanted...
I just don't understand it. For me, it seems like celebrities get preferential treatment and this is just another example of it. I remember when...
I think World War II was just a horrible time in world history and that every country made it's share of mistakes in its treatment of its...
Back when I was college student in San Francisco, I worked as a tour guide in Chinatown. One of the places that always caught people's attention...
If I remember right, William L. Shirer was a former war correspondent for CBS news. I bought a paperback copy of his book almost 30 years ago...
I look at the history of America and see that many celebrities have fought in many of the wars the United States has been in. Many volunteered to...
This is one of the events in WW II that just gets my blood boiling because I am Chinese. It's also hard to deal with the fact that many of the...
My favorites are Tora, Tora, Tora and Patton. I love the closing line in Tora, Tora, Tora where the Japanese commander says something along the...
Hi, thanks for the warm welcome. I live in Utah but I was born and raised in San Francisco. I'm really not sure how I became interested in WW II...
