The failure of the Allied operation at Market Garden is often discussed. Many reasons are bandied about. The video below looks at some of the events and discusses if the operation could have ever succeeded to begin with. Interesting 22 minute video f
Read more…As a War movie fan from a young age, I've seen most of these movies and agree they are worth watching. The narrator talks about how these are different from the standard fare of the time. I agree. Even as a kid I noticed the standard Hollywood formul
Read more…82nd Airborne Trooper Gene Metcalf was part of Operation Market Garden. Hear his story about being left for dead while on patrol, captured, interrogated by Heinrich Himmler and his experience in multiple POW camps along with other experiences in this
Read more…Made just a few years after the war, this movie highlights the struggles of leading a bomb group and of the bombing campaign against Germany. Nominated for 4 Academy Awards, it's a pretty dang good movie. A little over 2 hours in length. Grab some po
Read more…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.
The monumen
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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
Read more…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.
"On November 29th, 1943, a large group
Read more…Yes, the Germans did employ Human torpedo's during WWII, but not as you might think. Check out the 11 minute video below.
"In July 1944, a special unit of the German Navy codenamed K-Verband, using human torpedoes, made two large-scale attacks on All
Read more…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
Read more…" 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
Read more…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
Read more…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
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Read more…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
Read more…The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Vimy Ridge Day:
“Today, we remember the bravery and sacrifices of the Canadian soldiers who fought for peace, freedom, and justice in the Battle of Vimy Ridge.
“In the early
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April 1, 2024
Ottawa, Ontario
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the 100th anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force:
Read more…In this 25 minute video British Historian Mark Felton discusses information he uncovered about King George VI helping his German Relatives (some were active Nazi's fighting against British forces) at the end of WWII. He delves into the British Royal
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