Category: World War II
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Nazi Body Count: 20,946,000 Non-Battle Deaths
The Nazi Body Count represents non-battle deaths caused by Nazi Germany between 1933 and 1945. This includes genocide, execution of civilians and POWs, forced labor that resulted in deaths, bombing of civilian populations, imposed famine and resulting diseases, and “euthanasia.” These numbers do not include civilians who got caught in the cross-fire of battle. The…
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50 Books on World War II Recommended by John Keegan
At the end of his book, The Second World War, John Keegan offers a list of 50 books in English that “together provide a comprehensive picture of the most important events and themes of the war, which are readable and from which the general reader can derive his own picture of the war as a…
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Buchanan is Wrong on Germany’s 1939 Strength
In Churchill, Hitler, and “The Unnecessary War”, Patrick J. Buchanan argues that Hitler did not want to conquer France, Great Britain, or the world, because he did not have the troop strength for a “total war” in 1939. Buchanan aims to debunk this contention to prove his larger point which is World War II was an…
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Battle of the Bulge at Fort Indiantown Gap, PA
On January 27 of this year, my dad and I attended the Battle of the Bulge Reenactment at For Indiantown Gap, PA put on by the The World War II Federation. The reenacting had been taking place all week and we visited on the second to last day. The toughest part was finding the place,…
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General Patton’s Prayer
Many know the story of General Patton’s prayer for better weather in order to more efficiently kill the Germans in the winter of 1944. Few know of his Christmas Greeting that was issued along with the prayer, which he describes in War as I Knew It. Contrary to popular belief, the prayer was not ordered to…
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Churchill’s Sinking of the French Fleet (July 3, 1940)
On June 13, 1940, Winston Churchill took one of several trips to France during Hitler’s Blitzkrieg. After convincing the French not to sign a separate armistice with Germany just two months prior, Churchill was now being begged to release them from the obligation. When a country loses its will to fight, there’s not much you…
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General Patton’s Principles
General Patton’s Principles was a gift from my grandfather almost six years ago. He’s a got room in his house in North Texas full of old, dusty books. Somehow, he found out how big of a Patton fan I am and General Patton’s Principles made it into my hands. This book has stayed by my…
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How Hitler Could Have Won World War II
Author: Bevin Alexander See it on Amazon Most Americans and British would like to think that Hitler was defeated by the tenacity and determination of the United States and the British Empire. Some may even concede that the Russians had something to do with it as well. But the fact of the matter is no…