Assorted Musings from an Unknown Historian
Bourbon, Books, and Bemusement
Six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the United States Navy halted the seemingly unstoppable progress of Japanese expansion across the Pacific at the Battle of Midway. On the other side of the world, German and Russian forces were engaged in the titanic struggles of Stalingrad and Kursk. Both campaigns have been called turning points. Evaluate the accuracy of that statement. Was there an earlier shift in momentum on either front?”
At least that’s what one of my graduate professors once said. Welcome to this random assortment of (generally) military-centered academia and the occasional rant. Here
The year was 1955, the month October, the region West Germany. In the decade that had passed since the end of the Second World War,
“Even the most casual student of the Second World War is familiar with Blitzkrieg. This “lightning war” was the German secret weapon, a new and dramatic
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pearl-harbor-ceremony-unites-former-us-and-japanese-pilots/ar-AAg5NX9?li=BBnb7KB Here is a recent article about a beautiful peace ceremony between Americans and Japanese. Read about this relic – an American canteen filled
Assorted Musings from an Unknown Historian 