Thank you so much for this. Yes, it was hard work on their farm in western Nebraska (eastern Nebraska is easier to farm as they get more...
You're welcome. I was very pleased to run across it. When Italian POWs were brought to a camp near my grandfather's farm, they went and picked...
My Italian grandfather didn't fight in the war - but two of his older brothers did (one in the Phillipines, one in France and Germany). Instead,...
Finished Season 2 of The Man in the High Castle on Amazon Prime. Hands down, the best show on any TV medium right now. It's incredibly well done...
I watched this documentary a few weeks ago, too. Also watched the documentary, Hitler's Children for the second time. My 16-yr-old daughter wanted...
This is perfectly said. When German POWs were in American POW camps, there was actually a great deal of struggle between soldiers who were...
Thank you so much for sharing. What a terrific, amazing kid. Off to go look at his GoFundMe page!
One of the best sources on this is A Woman in Berlin (the author is anonymous). Haunting.
Two page-turners I recommend are non-military related, but set in Occupied France. Priscilla: The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime...
Been watching Poldark. Excellent series. Last week while I was fighting the flu, I watched The Mortal Storm (1940) with Jimmy Stewart and...
The National WW2 Museum in New Orleans holds a WW2 conference every year, and fortunately, for those of us who can't make it, they live-stream the...
Sure thing!
I love reading about the OSS. In fact, I just found out that a man from my hometown (population 160!) served in the OSS during WW2. He went on...
I had the same problem with Alan Furst! And like you, it really bummed me out because I love WW2 intelligence/espionage novels most of all.
Jeff Shaara has a WW2 trilogy. He writes about a lot of military settings - American Revolution, American Civil War, etc. Here's a link:...
Agreed. And am I correct in stating that the Wehrmacht raped and pillaged their way across Russia? Which is why the Russians who went into Berlin...
Wait. That doesn't sound right. He was on Guadacanal. ETA - Oh, it looks like he was there *after* the fighting was done. Thanks for this. I...
Now this makes me downright mad. https://www.facebook.com/SourceFedNews/videos/1199514293432055/?pnref=story Apparently Google rigged the system...
I refuse to vote for Clinton or Trump. REFUSE. The rest of the world is laughing at us, and for good reason. These are the best the two parties...
Currently reading Goodbye, Darkness: A Memoir of the Pacific War by William Manchester. I really love his writing style - vivid and lyrical, even...
