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Read more…The American Revolutionary War in the West History Conference
Date: October 27, 2023 - October 29, 2023
Location: Missouri, United States
Subject Fields: American History / Studies, Military History, Political History / Studies, Social History / St
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This year is shaping up as an epic year for us history people, as Oppenheimer exploded into theaters this past week. Excerpts of the film from what I've seen, portray Cillian Murphy as a spot-on reflection of J. Robert Oppenheimer. I'm lo
Read more…From YouTube: Four years before Jimmy Doolittle led his daring raid on Tokyo someone else attacked Japan by air, using American-built aircraft.
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From YouTube: "Located along FDR Drive in Manhattan, NYC is Waterside Plaza, built on a spit of artificial land. But what many New Yorkers don't realise is that beneath Waterside Plaza are the remains of a heavily bombed British city."
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Excellent new series about Miep Gies, a Dutch citizen who helped hide Otto Frank and his family--wife Edith and daughters Margot and Anne from the Nazis for nearly two years from 6 July 1942 to 4 August 1944. A Small Light debuted 1 May 2023 with E
Read more…For reservations for remote or in person attendance, email, kmaurer@mac-stl.org.
After a series of meetings devoted to wars of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, the Military History Club returns to World War II on July 25 as it welcomes a Zoom
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The ultimate WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam military research workbook! Research a Veteran Workbook & Journal is now available.
July 12, 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of the fire that destroyed thousands of Army and Army Air Force and Air Force O
Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the fire at the National Personnel Records Center in St. Louis, MO that destroyed countless Army and Army Air Force/Air Force service files. I posted an article on my website today about the fire. All hope is not
Read more…Vietnam War era Army training film about basic training circa 1967. For the vets in the group, you'll get a chuckle out of it. I went through in the early 80's. It was funny to me to see how similar many things were and how we still used alot of the
Read more…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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