The 102nd Missouri General Assembly has appropriated $30,000 to fund repairs to the monument which commemorating Missourians who fought and fell in the Great War and is situated in the area in which the most Missouri troops were engaged.
On Tuesday, March 25, Dr. Adrian Di Bisceglie will address the Military History Club of the Missouri Athletic Club on war in Africa from World War II in North Africa to Bush War in Southern Africa. Gov. Di Bisceglie will talk about his father’s serv
On Tuesday, February 25, the Military History Club of the Missouri Athletic Club turns its attention to the Caribbean as it welcomes a Zoom appearance by J J. Valdes, author of the recently released Besieged Beachhead: The Cold War Battle for Cuba
Total War a Defining Example of an Escalatory System
The conflicts which contributed to the rise of the concept of total war can be understood as helping to shape both the conditions under which warfare between states happened, and restructuring th
I stumbled on this movie on youtube. This is not your typical WWII movie, however, I do think it presents a view of the American spirit during WWII. An interesting movie and not a typical character for Mr. Robinson. Here's the movie description: Ed
The Military History Club of the Missouri Athletic Club commences its 2025 campaign at noon on Tuesday, January 28 with a return Zoom visit by Chris Kolakowski, Director of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison, who will speak on Corregidor, the
Hard to believe someone could fall 4 miles to earth in the tail of a B-17 and survive but Eugene Moran did. Watch the 14 min video below to learn more about his horrific adventure which only began with the crash.
Presidents of opposing sides give their respective Thanksgiving addresses to their citizens, each thanking the same God and calling on him for Victory. Similar, yet also different. Hope you enjoy.
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As we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving, I thought it might be interesting to see what President Truman had to say for Thanksgiving 1945. Barely two months after the Japanese surrender and the end of the war, with troops still returning home and many
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Below is a link to a free 3 episode documentary/interview with Adolph Galland about his experiences in WW2. Each episode is approx 35 minutes in length. He discusses such things as standing up to Goering and surviving. The failure of senior Luftwaffe
" In August 1944, as the Battle of Normandy raged, a secret meeting was held in Strasbourg by a cabal of senior SS officers and German industrialists. The meeting was ordered by Heinrich Himmler himself - its purpose - none other than to save German
The Eagles of Bastogne The Untold Story of the Heroic Defense of a City Under Siege
Our good friends at Casemate Publishers have supplied us with three (3) copies of The Eagles of Bastogne: The Untold Story of the Heroic Defense of a City Under Sie
From the website,"This commemorative march in remembrance of the Battle of Arnhem 1944 is held every year on the first Saturday of September in Oosterbeek. The Airborne March is a tribute to the more than 1,700 British and Polish soldiers who lost th
At first I thought it was kinda crazy that Hitler's private collection of books would be brought back to America. But with lots of personal annotation, I can see why the Govt would want to study them. Be sure to watch the video to the end to learn ab
I think members of this site may enjoy watching this interview with Henry Sledge, Eugene "Sledgehammer" Sledge's son. He recounts the battle of Peleliu with antedotes his father told him and pictures of the battlefield as it looked in his travels the
If you're a fan of WWII aviation you probably know who Major Bong is, and of the competition among American Pilots to be the highest scoring ace. Richard was pulled from front line action while in the lead with 40 kills. No American pilot topped his
