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Illustrated! Was the Luftwaffe Really Intended to be Little More Than an Adjunct to the German Army? The conventional wisdom has long argued Hitler's Luftwaffe was primarily designed around the goal of providing support to the German army. However, the Luftwaffe actually began and was initially organized as a fairly well rounded institution designed to compete at all levels of aerial warfare. Read more... Illustrated! The Decades between the World Wars: How Germany Created a Dominant Army from the Ashes of Overwhelming Defeat - Part One During the Second World War's first three years, Germany regularly defeated the most powerful military establishments on the planet; victories that placed Germany in position to dominate Europe. Conventional wisdom posits the overwhelming successes won by Germany's armed forces stemmed from a method of war fighting developed in the 1930s by Hitler and his generals; a set of tactics named "Blitzkrieg Warfare." Nonetheless, this belief, and what is widely known regarding how Nazi Germany built its army is patently wrong. Read more... Illustrated! Revisiting one of World War II's greatest Controversies: Was the Soviet Union preparing to attack Germany in 1941? The Second World War ended over sixty years ago, yet much about the War remains either misunderstood or unknown. In particular, historians have debated and sought to understand Stalin's decision making process in the months leading up to the June 22, 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union. Read more... |
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Directed by Davidson Cole, Produced by Davidson Cole, Neal Gold, Adam Graham, John Digles, Ligia Popescu, Bruce Rosenzweig and Mary Kay Cook, Traveller Jones Productions, 2009. $19.99. Running time: 56 minutes. When one sits down to watch The Ninety-Fifth, The Iron Men of Metz it readily becomes evident this film is not your typical work on the Second World War. Read More... After Stalingrad, The Red Army's Winter Offensive 1942-1943 by David M. Glantz, Helion & Company, 2009. Hardcover, $59.95, 496 pages The war between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union has received an uneven treatment from most popular historians. Perhaps no better example of this is in typical accounts of events taking place during the winter of 1942-1943. Read More... Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945 by Catherine Merridale, Metropolitan Books, 2006. Hardcover, $30.00, 480 pages Catherine Merridale's Ivan's War: Life and Death in the Red Army, 1939-1945, is a fascinating and necessary look at men all too often reduced to a subhuman status by not only their Second World War foes but nearly fifty years of Cold War propaganda. Read More... |
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The Globe at War welcomes those interested in military history and international affairs. Although The Globe at War's primary emphasis is on the Second World War it also seeks to serve as the web's single best resource for individuals fascinated by the previous hundred plus years of military history. Read more... |
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The Battle of Kasserine Pass was one of the worst American military performances in the twentieth century. That said, as bad as the Battle of Kasserine Pass went it could have been a lot worse. Read more... |
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