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Early drivers didn't need road maps as they drove locally. As they expanded the driving territory, they needed guidance. Road maps followed.| America Comes Alive
By Eilene Lyon A couple weeks ago I drove up to Glenwood Springs, Colorado, to give a presentation about my book, What Lies Beneath Colorado. I’ve never spent much time in Glenwood Springs, a place well-known for its Victorian-era hot springs resort. My last visit was brief, specifically to hike up to the Linwood Cemetery.... Continue Reading →| Myricopia
James L. Simon, a co-producer on "Operation Mincemeat," paid a website to run positive coverage of him, pushing his transgression off Google's home page.| freebeacon.com
On September 30, we remembered the 1938 agreement between Britain, France, Italy and Germany to dismember and abandon Czechoslovakia, and we commented on this Munich Betrayal connecting it to the start of World War II. In August of 1939, the … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
With 2025’s V-E Day and V-J Day anniversaries behind us, the Second World War will soon be 80 years in history’s rearview mirror. Very few veterans of the conflict remain alive. According to records in the National World War II Museum, as of the last survey in 2024, only 66,143 soldiers were still with us—less... Read more about: Goodbye to the Good War The post Goodbye to the Good War appeared first on The American Mind.| The American Mind
The post Creating the Women’s Army Corps appeared first on The George C. Marshall Foundation.| The George C. Marshall Foundation
The post Luck and Resiliency: The Making of Marshall appeared first on The George C. Marshall Foundation.| The George C. Marshall Foundation
The post George C. Marshall and the Strategy Behind D-Day appeared first on The George C. Marshall Foundation.| The George C. Marshall Foundation
Churchill helped the Allies win World War II—but at what price?| Modern Age
Reading time: 7minutes To conclude (for now) the topic of Finland, let us look at a few caricatures and posters, depicting Finnish actions during its invasion of the USSR. We invite everyone to explore this post at our Telegram channel “Beorn And The … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
Reading time: 6minutes Finnish President Alexander Stubb had the misfortune to show his complete lack of knowledge of history of his own country, and of the geopolitical realities and implications. The spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zaharova, was quick to grill … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
Reading time: 2minutes On September 19, 1944, the Moscow Armistice was signed between Finland and the USSR, according to which Finland recognised the validity of the peace treaty signed in Moscow in 1940 at the end of the Soviet-Finnish War. During the Winter … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
Reading time: 33minutes Below is a complete copy of the report by the Representative office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in Petrozavodsk, published at the site of the Russian Foreign Ministry on July 7, 2025. The report can … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
Reading time: < 1minute During World War II, Finland became Germany’s strategic ally on the Eastern Front and fought against the Soviet Union. From 1941 to 1944 the Finnish army controlled Karelia, one of the republics of the Soviet Union. Nazi ideas thrived among … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
Reading time: 6minutes A cornerstone in the official Finnish Russomania, is the claim that Russia wants to consume the whole of Finland. Our subscriber came across a historic step-by-step summary demonstrating the absolute inconsistency of such an accusation, which we published in a … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
The U.S. Army Soldiers were wholly unprepared for what they witnessed when they liberated Holocaust concentration camps; yet they returned humanity to those who had been declared and treated as inhuman.| The Army Historical Foundation
Blanchard Tower decorated for the 1945 Homecoming with theme “Victory Through Christ,” College Archives Photograph #CA-B13859. This September marks the 80th anniversary of the end of Wo…| From the Vault
"If there weren't brave people like you – I wouldn't be here, and neither would my mother," Gene Simmons told Harold "Hal" Urban, who participated in| www.israelhayom.com
Hank and Bill Warcken of North Dakota died together in 1945 during World War II. Their story is now featured in the new book “Brothers in Arms.”| Wadena Pioneer Journal
Dorothy Nelson, who welded ships during WWII as part of the Rosie the Riveter movement, turns 100 this week in Moorhead.| Wadena Pioneer Journal
The eastern span of the Bay Bridge goes right over Nimitz House, one of the most storied...| SFGATE
On August 29, 1943, the Danish government that had collaborated with the German Nazi occupiers since the invasion on April 9, 1940, was forced to resign, thus ending the country's shameful and cowardly policy. As the culmination of the first … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
From the spring of 1945 until the summer of 1950, the Bergen-Belsen DP camp was one of the most vibrant Jewish communities anywhere in the world, having emerged almost phoenix-like in the immediate wake of the Holocaust. The post Josef Rosensaft and the Displaced Persons Camp of Bergen-Belsen: Remembering My Father appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
In Łódź during World War II, a wealthy factory owner hopes that his wealth and connections will enable him to avoid the fate of his fellow Jews. The post Short Fiction | ‘The Villa on Targova’ appeared first on Moment Magazine.| Moment Magazine
The investigation was sparked by allegations that a property management employee was...| San Francisco Chronicle
The Potrero Hill residents were paying rent to live in apartments slated for demolition.| San Francisco Chronicle
The demolition of Potrero Hill’s deserted apartments, which were illegally rented to tenants, could take place this year. But the plan for replacing these buildings remains in flux.| San Francisco Chronicle
When the USS Hornet sunk in World War II, a tractor used to move aircraft went down too. Now a recovery mission is being planned.| Task & Purpose
The story of the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum near Granite Falls is part of a series called Lakes Country Treasures. Here, readers travel down the roads to some of the most unique must-see gems of Minnesota’s lakes country.| Perham Focus
The story of the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum near Granite Falls is part of a series called Lakes Country Treasures. Here, readers travel down the roads to some of the most unique must-see gems of Minnesota’s lakes country.| Alexandria Echo Press
On May 24, 1945, at a reception in the Georgievsky Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace in honour of the commanders of the Soviet forces, Stalin delivered his famous toast, a dedication to the Russian people. This is an article, … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
Eldar Shengelaia’s 1968 film is a layered parable on artistic individualism in the collectivist Soviet Union.| OC Media
The story of the Fagen Fighters WWII Museum near Granite Falls is part of a series called Lakes Country Treasures. Here, readers travel down the roads to some of the most unique must-see gems of Minnesota’s lakes country.| West Central Tribune
In January 1942, shortly after the United States was thrust into World War II by the December 7, 1941, Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the subsequent December 11 declaration of war by Germany, officials in the Department of State considered the issue of the U.S. attitude toward the Geneva Protocol for the Prohibition of … Continue reading Tell Us What You Really Think Mr. Secretary [Poison Gas Warfare], 1942| The Text Message
This week marks eighty years since the atomic bombings of Hiroshima (August 6th, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9th, 1945). We would like to reflect back on previous Unwritten Record posts that highlight records documenting the destruction. In the weeks following the surrender of Nazi Germany, President Harry S. Truman would make the decision on how … Continue reading Link Roundup: The Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki| The Unwritten Record
Join us to discuss Doug Bradley's memoir The Tracks of My Years. We then meet Robert L. Gangwere, author of Forged in Fire, the untold story of WWII Red Cross Clubmobile women.| Veterans Radio
–A profile of author David Pryce-Jones has been posted on the website Onward and Upward. This is written by Jay Nordlinger and is a well-written, concise survey of Pryce-Jones’s life and works. Here’s an excerpt:| The Evelyn Waugh Society
No homing pigeon ever enlisted in any war, but they were used by the military on both sides of the conflicts during World Wars I and II. Once in place, […]| America Comes Alive
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM9Luw_CSEg This is the full reconstructed version of the 1945 Victory Day Parade. While the film is in Russian, it is well worth watching it, even without understanding the language — to feel the atmosphere of Victory of 1945! 🎞 … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
On June 24, 1945, the first parade dedicated to the victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War was held in Moscow on the Red Square. The combined regiments of the fronts, the combined regiment of the people's Commissariat of … Continue reading →| Beorn's Beehive
Cannes. Glitz. Glamor. Film stars. Today, the Cannes film festival – formal title Festival de Cannes – is considered the epitome of the international motion picture world. The festival had an uncertain beginning. The first official French notification to the U.S. government of the planned festival arrived in the Department of State in the … Continue reading Calling “Cut” on the First Take at Cannes, 1939| The Text Message
Oppenheimer (2023) ★★★ Although Oppenheimer is a solid and historically accurate film, it is overly long - making its missed opportunities all the more glaring - and the key dramatic tension rests on speculation that was considered entirely fictional long before 1945. The post Film Review: Oppenheimer appeared first on Anatoly Karlin.| Anatoly Karlin
On March 19, 2025, the Evangelism Missions Archives received a wonderful item for its Zamzam collection (Collection 624): A 58-page typescript with handwritten notes of a diary kept by one of the s…| From the Vault
In late 1943/early 1944, Humphrey Bogart and his wife Mayo Methot went on an 2-1/2 month entertainment tour of military bases in North Africa and Italy for the USO. Their party also included actor Don Cummings and accordionist Ralph Hark. In addition to giving shows, Bogart and his wife visited hospitals and undertook other morale-boosting … Continue reading Private First Class Bogart| The Text Message
"It is the American people who will suffer most."| SFGATE
Franz Jägerstätter and Fr. Gabriel Gay are two lesser-known victims of the Nazis. May their prayers deliver Europe from the wolves of secularism and restore the European nations to the Faith which forged them. (essay by Joseph Pearce)| The Imaginative Conservative
Dr. Tamar Katko commemorates Victory Day over Nazi Germany by telling the story of Jewish fighters in World War II, "They saw the sights at Auschwitz, then| www.israelhayom.com
80 years ago the strangest fight in World War II took place. American soldiers and Wehrmacht troops teamed up to fight the SS.| Task & Purpose
This blog post has been adapted and updated from the Wheaton College Historical Review Task Force Report (pp 55-57), released on September 14, 2023. The entire report can be found here. Ever…| From the Vault
The St. Louis Browns made it to just one World Series in the franchise’s history, and it happened to be during World War II when teams were depleted of much of their talent. The best pitcher on tha…| RIP Baseball
Overlooked stories of women are everywhere. Sometimes you just need to find them.| The Persistent
The Army is spending nearly $400,000 to relocate WWII-era barracks across a Wisconsin base instead of millions on a new building.| Task & Purpose
TIN PICKLE, LOCAL GEDUNK The St. Augustine Lighthouse is shaking things up with its eatery called the “Tin Pickle.” This World War II-themed eatery embraces the 1940’s spirit with lots of unique offerings. Throw out any idea you have of what attraction food is because this eatery walks to its own beat. Think fresh, like [...]| St Augustine Light House
Operation Market Garden is the World War II campaign famously known as “a bridge too far.” This major Allied military campaign launched in The Netherlands in September 1944. It aimed… The post Tracing Operation Market Garden, a Major World War II Campaign appeared first on Exploring Our World.| Exploring Our World
If you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you’ll know that maps and history are two of my favorite things. I love history because I love learning about the vast panoply of the human …| Goldwag's Journal on Civilization
From Naval Reserve to "oil king" on the USS Indianapolis, Robert Makowski was lost when the cruiser sank July 30, 1945.| Duluth News Tribune
For nearly 20 years the National Archives’ Alexandria Federal Records Center was housed in the former U.S. Naval Torpedo station located on Alexandria’s waterfront. A view of the Alexan…| Pieces of History
My heart dropped when I received word recently that Homer Finley had died. As the last surviving member of the 1st Marine War Dog Platoon, he was a living link to the earliest days of our nation’s military working dog program. At the time he served, he was part of an experimental, unproven initiative. “Many […] The post Remembering WWII Marine handler Homer Finley appeared first on MWDTSA.| MWDTSA
Deborah Levine shares first-hand Untold stories of WW II and the Holocaust with wartime letters of her father, a " Ritchie Boy" Liberator.| ADR
A review of Alison Weir’s book by Serena Wylde Against Our Better Judgment: The Hidden History of How the US Was Used to Create Israel In this comprehensively researched book of 2014, Alison Weir relates how political Zionists went from a small interest group in the late 1880s, to a powerful movement in the 20th century, and achieved their goal…| The White Rose UK
Contrary to some historians’ arguments, my research of the Eagle Squadrons—based on interviews and questionnaires from its members, their diaries, memoirs, letters, and personnel records—concluded …| Reflections on War & Society
By Dr. Bryon Greenwald, National Defense University What sounds like the opening to a very poor joke is really an interesting, but disturbing historical question. While researching American An…| Reflections on War & Society
By Mary Kathryn Barbier, Mississippi State University In early December 2020, after a Second World War Research Group, North America meeting, Douglas Bristol sent me an email to remind me that I ha…| Reflections on War & Society
In an interview this weekend with British TV channel Sky News, Susan Eisenhower reflects on Queen Elizabeth II’s special friendship with Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower.| SusanEisenhower
We reflect today and honor those who participated in World War II’s D-Day, the largest combined military operation in history. The man who led the invasion and took full responsibility for the outc…| SusanEisenhower
