Part One - MID-JUNE 1940 – HITLER’S BIG MEDITERRANEAN MISTAKE
[extract from LUCKY HITLER'S BIG MISTAKES]
After Dunkirk, even the Vichy French air force and their navy minister were very keen to go to war with Britain and they were very much in fav
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The Military History Club Of The Missouri Athletic Club delves into the colonial wars in which Spain and England struggled for dominance in what is now Florida and Georgia as we welcome a virtual visit from Phil Of
Read more…An older article, but still very cool. Lots of artifacts found.
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Video from "Forgotten Weapons" on a museum in Guadalcanal. Pretty neat stuff there.
From the YouTube content author: "Today I'm visiting the Solomon Islands War Memorial Museum in Honiara (the capital city on Guadalcanal). This is a private museum ru
Read more…This is a little over an hour and I felt worth every minute of it. First Soldier to Land on Omaha Beach D-Day 1944 Describes the LONGEST DAY of (WWII POV Documentary). This is the account of a D-DAY FRONTLINE VETERAN who shares HIS experiences 79 Yea
Read more…Short 6 minute video below discusses the deNazification of Germany post war and removal of all of Hitler's images, with one exception.
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Interesting video below discusses the 3 surrenders the Germans had to do, to officially end their part in WW2. One of the things this video touches on is that the Germans had many troops not engaged in active fighting. Occupations troops. Troops in N
Read more…Genealogy and military research can tell us so much about our family. We can learn where people lived across the generations. Family members may have photos to share so we know what our ancestors looked like. We may discover what kind of jobs they
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Read more…On Tuesday, April 25 turns its attention to the War of 1812 as it welcomes Prof. Donald Hickey for an in-person talk about "What We Know That Ain't So: Myths of the War of 1812." Don Hickey is an award-winning author and former professor of history
Read more…Historiography is a field of study that has been pivotal in analyzing and interpreting written works and accounts of past events. Its focus on war has led to an understanding of how various individuals and groups have interpreted and understood war
Read more…When I began researching my family history in 1996 and then dove into the WWI and WWII history in 2010, I never expected to discover I was living out my ancestors' war traumas and unfinished business. Yet, that's exactly what happened.
Genealogy resea
Read more…During one of our Sunday breakfasts my Dad told me his recollection about the end of World War Two in Europe.
As part of the 3rd/9th Armies, his Field Artillery Battalion pushed toward the Elbe river and gained control of the crossing. They then came
Read more…The Military History Club welcomes a return in-person visit by Missouri Civil War expert Greg Wolk. Drawing on his work with the Missouri Humanities Council, Wolk presents a vivid portrait of the early days of the Civil War, following Ulysses Grant
Read more…I just started reading this book. It's about a Dutch doctor who works in a concentration camp, Kamp Amersfoort. As part of a SS unit he was also on the Eastern Front. After the war he was convicted of war crimes.
Read more…Interesting story of American Arms Manufacturers making weapons for the Russians in WW1 and the subsequent use of said weapons. Story from American Rifleman.
"As arms collectors, many of us have established fairly strict boundaries on our collectio
Read more…On 1 September 1939, Nazi Germany invaded Poland as the first major step of its campaign in Central Europe--the occupation of Czechoslovakia notwithstanding--while in February 2022 we saw Russian President Vladimir Putin set his sights on Ukraine.
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